Where does “sovs” come from?
sovs (Danish) comes from French sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.
sovs (Danish): sauce
Ancestry of “sovs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | sauce | sauce |
| 2 | Old French | sause | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 4 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 5 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |
Words derived from “sovs”