Where does “sås” come from?
sås (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål så, from Old Norse sá, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.
sås (Norwegian Bokmål): passive form of så
Ancestry of “sås”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | så | so; as; to sow |
| 2 | Old Norse | sá | this, that; to sow; saw, "first or third-person... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |