Where does “knoflooksaus” come from?

knoflooksaus (Dutch) comes from Dutch saus, from Middle Dutch sause, from Old French sauce, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

knoflooksaus (Dutch): garlic sauce

Definitions

  1. garlic sauce

Ancestry of “knoflooksaus”, step by step

knoflooksaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch saus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsaussauce
2Middle Dutchsause—
3Old Frenchsaucesauce; willow
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Dutch knoflook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchknoflookgarlic, "Allium sativum"
2Middle Dutchknofloick—
3Middle Dutchcloffloc—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →