Where does “soy” come from?
Soy comes from Dutch soja, from Japanese そや, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Chinese 醬油, a condiment made from fermented soybeans.
soy (English): A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by...
Definitions
- A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by...
Ancestry of “soy”, step by step
soy traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French soie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | soie | silk; bristle; tang |
| 2 | Middle French | soye | silk |
| 3 | Old French | soie | silk |
| 4 | Old French | seie | silk |
| 5 | Latin | sēta | — |
| 6 | Latin | saeta | a bristle, hair on an animal; silk |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | saitā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ito- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sh₂ey- | to bind, fetter |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂- | to satiate, satisfy |