Where does “sauslepel” come from?

sauslepel (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.

sauslepel (Dutch): sauce spoon, small ladle for serving gravy or sauces

Definitions

  1. sauce spoon, small ladle for serving gravy or sauces

Ancestry of “sauslepel”, step by step

sauslepel 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 lepel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlepelspoon
2Middle Dutchlēpelspoon
3Old Dutchlepil—
4Proto-West Germaniclapilspoon
5Proto-Germaniclapilazspoon
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlabʰ-to seize, to grab; to slurp; lick; smack
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →