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 — salt.

Soßenkelle (German): sauce ladle, gravy ladle

Definitions

  1. sauce ladle, gravy ladle

Ancestry of “Soßenkelle”, step by step

Soßenkelle 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 Kelle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKelleladle; traffic paddle; trowel
2Middle High Germankelle—
3Old High Germankella—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →