Where does “zós” come from?

zós (Kashubian) 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.

zós (Kashubian): sauce

Definitions

  1. sauce

Ancestry of “zós”, step by step

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 *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →