Where does “soss” come from?

soss (English) comes from English sausage, from Middle English sawsiche, from Anglo-Norman sausiche, from Old French saucice, from Latin salsīcius, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls — salt.

soss (English): Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle; To soil;...

Definitions

  1. Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle; To soil;...

Ancestry of “soss”, step by step

soss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sausage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsausageA food made of ground meat and seasoning, packed...
2Middle Englishsawsichesausage
3Anglo-Normansausiche
4Old Frenchsaucicesausage
5Latinsalsīciusprepared with salt
6Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
7Latinsālsalt
8Proto-Italicsālssalt
9Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Middle English sosse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsosse

Words derived from “soss

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l