Where does “ostesaus” come from?

ostesaus (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk 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.

ostesaus (Norwegian Nynorsk): cheese sauce

Definitions

  1. cheese sauce

Ancestry of “ostesaus”, step by step

ostesaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk saus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorsksaussauce; 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 Nynorsk ost

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskostcheese
2Old Norseostrcheese
3Proto-Germanicjustazcheese
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyaus-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyew(ǝ)-to blend, mix , knead
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →