Where does “Meerrettichsoße” come from?
Meerrettichsoße (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.
Meerrettichsoße (German): horseradish sauce
Definitions
- horseradish sauce
Ancestry of “Meerrettichsoße”, step by step
Meerrettichsoße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Soße
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Soße | sauce, gravy |
| 2 | French | sauce | sauce |
| 3 | Old French | sause | sauce (condiment) |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via German Meerrettich
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Meerrettich | horseradish; a white condiment or sauce made from... |
| 2 | Middle High German | merretich | — |
| 3 | Old High German | meriratih | — |