Where does “Sojasoße” come from?

Sojasoße (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.

Sojasoße (German): soy sauce

Definitions

  1. soy sauce

Ancestry of “Sojasoße”, step by step

Sojasoße 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 Soja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSojasoy
2Japanesesoya—
3Japanese醤油soy sauce
4Middle Chinese醬油—
5Middle Chinese醬bean paste
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →