somersault
‘a leap in which a man, tums heel over-head’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
F. sombresault < O.Prov. sobresaut < sobre ‘over’ < Lat. supra ‘over’ < supera (parte) ‘on the upper (side)’ < super ‘above, over’ + saut ‘a jump’ < suh < uper <Tamil uppu