Where does “kolasås” come from?

kolasås (Swedish) comes from Swedish sås, 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.

kolasås (Swedish): Russian candy

Definitions

  1. Russian candy

Ancestry of “kolasås”, step by step

kolasås traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish sås

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsåsgravy; sauce; semen
2Frenchsaucesauce
3Old Frenchsausesauce (condiment)
4Vulgar Latinsalsanominative feminine singular of salsus;...
5Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

via Swedish kola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkolatoffee; a piece of toffee; taste of caramel; to...
2Finnishkuollato die
3Proto-Finnickooldakto die
4Proto-Uralickale-to die
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →