Where does “ostronsås” come from?

ostronsås (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.

ostronsås (Swedish): oyster sauce

Definitions

  1. oyster sauce

Ancestry of “ostronsås”, step by step

ostronsås 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 ostron

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishostronoyster
2Old Swedishostra
3Latinostreaoyster, mussel
4Ancient Greekὄστρεονbivalve; oyster; purple pigment, probably that...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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