Where does “Soßenkelle” come from?
Soßenkelle (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.
Soßenkelle (German): sauce ladle, gravy ladle
Ancestry of “Soßenkelle”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Soße | sauce, gravy |
| 2 | French | sauce | sauce |
| 3 | Old French | sause | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | — |