Where does “Bratensoße” come from?

Bratensoße (German) comes from German Soße, from French sauce, from Old French sause, from Vulgar Latin salsa, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

Bratensoße (German): gravy

Definitions

  1. gravy

Ancestry of “Bratensoße”, step by step

Bratensoße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Soße

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSoßesauce, gravy
2Frenchsaucesauce
3Old Frenchsausesauce (condiment)
4Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
5Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via German brāten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbrāten—
2Middle High Germanbrātenor to fry, to roast, to broil
3Old High Germanbrātan—
4Proto-West Germanicbrādan—
5Proto-Germanicbrēdanąto warm, heat, broil; to roast
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrewh₁-to boil; to brew
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →