Why Do They Call It a Somersault?

A somersault is a gymnastic move in which you lower your head almost to the floor and roll forward so your feet flip over your head. ... The word somersault, which works as a verb too, comes from the now-obsolete French sombresault, from the Latin roots supra, "over," and saut, "a jump."

Who invented somersault?

Shortly thereafter, 32-year-old Bernhard Stierle of West Germany adopted the technique, flipped 7.5 meters (24'7¼") and somehow was credited with inventing the thing.

What is another word for somersault?

In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for somersault, like: flip, headstand, cartwheel, handstand, somerset, summerset, somersaulting, pirouette, backflip and summersault.