Where does “sosis” come from?

sosis (Réunion Creole French) comes from French saucisse, from Old French saucice, from Latin salsīcius, from Latin salsus, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

sosis (Réunion Creole French): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “sosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsaucissesausage
2Old Frenchsaucicesausage
3Latinsalsīciusprepared with salt
4Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →