Where does “sojasaus” come from?

sojasaus (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.

sojasaus (Dutch): soy sauce

Definitions

  1. soy sauce

Ancestry of “sojasaus”, step by step

sojasaus 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 soja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsojasoy
2Japaneseそい醤油 soy sauce
3Japanese醤油soy sauce
4Middle Chinese醬油—
5Middle Chinese醬bean paste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →