Where does “Vanillesoße” come from?

Vanillesoße (German) comes from German Vanille, from French vanille, from Spanish vainilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

Vanillesoße (German): vanilla sauce, pouring custard

Definitions

  1. vanilla sauce, pouring custard

Ancestry of “Vanillesoße”, step by step

Vanillesoße traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Vanille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanVanillevanilla
2Frenchvanillevanilla
3Spanishvainillavanilla; vanilla sex; ladyfinger
4Spanish-illaAdded to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive...
5Old Spanish-iellaA diminutive suffix
6Latin-ellainflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
8Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
9Proto-Italic-olos
10Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
11Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
12Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Spanish -illa