Where does “Petersiliensoße” come from?
Petersiliensoße (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.
Petersiliensoße (German): parsley sauce
Definitions
- parsley sauce
Ancestry of “Petersiliensoße”, step by step
Petersiliensoße 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 Petersilie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Petersilie | parsley, "Petroselinum crispum" |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | petrocilium | — |
| 3 | Latin | petroselīnum | rock parsley |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πετροσέλινον | parsley |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Πέτρος | Peter |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πέτρος | rock, stone, boulder; type of reed |