Where does “soyasaus” come from?
soyasaus (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.
soyasaus (Norwegian Bokmål): soya sauce (UK), soy sauce
Definitions
- soya sauce (UK), soy sauce
Ancestry of “soyasaus”, step by step
soyasaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål saus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | saus | sauce; genitive singular of sau |
| 2 | French | sauce | sauce |
| 3 | Old French | sause | sauce (condiment) |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 6 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Norwegian Bokmål soya
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | soya | — |