Where does “xota” come from?

xota (Spanish) comes from Mozarabic šáwta, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.

Ancestry of “xota”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Mozarabic	šáwta	jump
2	Latin	saltō	—
3	Latin	saliō	—
4	Latin	sāl	—
5	Proto-Italic	sāls	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	*sḗh₂l	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →