Where does “saus” come from?

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

saus (Dutch): sauce

Definitions

  1. sauce

Ancestry of “saus”, step by step

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

Words derived from “saus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l