Where does “سوس” come from?
سوس (Persian) comes 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.
Ancestry of “سوس”, step by step
سوس traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French sauce
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sauce | sauce |
| 2 | Old French | sause | sauce (condiment) |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | salsa | nominative feminine singular of salsus;... |
| 4 | Latin | salsus | salty, briny; salted; witty |
| 5 | Latin | sāl | salt |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sāls | salt |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *sḗh₂l | salt |
via Pahlavi 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pahlavi | 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 | — |