Where does “vissaus” come from?

vissaus (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.

vissaus (Dutch): fish sauce

Definitions

  1. fish sauce

Ancestry of “vissaus”, step by step

vissaus 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 vis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvisfish
2Middle Dutchvischfish
3Old Dutchfiscfish
4Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
5Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
6Indo-European*peysk-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l
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