Where does “fløtesaus” come from?

fløtesaus (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål saus, 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.

fløtesaus (Norwegian Bokmål): cream sauce

Definitions

  1. cream sauce

Ancestry of “fløtesaus”, step by step

fløtesaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål saus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsaussauce; genitive singular of sau
2Frenchsaucesauce
3Old Frenchsausesauce (condiment)
4Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
5Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Norwegian Bokmål fløte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålfløtecream; to float logs
2Old Norsefleytato set afloat, launch; to lift slightly from the...
3Proto-Germanicflautijanąto make float; to make flow
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
7Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl