Where does “sausagemaking” come from?
sausagemaking (English) comes from English making, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.
sausagemaking (English): The manufacture of sausages; Lawmaking
Definitions
- The manufacture of sausages; Lawmaking
Ancestry of “sausagemaking”, step by step
sausagemaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English making
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | making | The act of forming, causing, or constituting;... |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English sausage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sausage | A food made of ground meat and seasoning, packed... |
| 2 | Middle English | sawsiche | sausage |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | sausiche | — |
| 4 | Old French | saucice | sausage |
| 5 | Latin | salsīcius | prepared with salt |
| 6 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 7 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |