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 — salt.

Ancestry of “xota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mozarabicšáwtajump
2Latinsaltōto dance, jump
3Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
4Latinsālsalt
5Proto-Italicsālssalt
6Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “xota

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl