Where does “såssnäcka” come from?

såssnäcka (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.

såssnäcka (Swedish): a sauce boat, a gravy boat (especially when having a wavy, seashell-like design)

Definitions

  1. a sauce boat, a gravy boat (especially when having a wavy, seashell-like design)

Ancestry of “såssnäcka”, step by step

såssnäcka 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 snäcka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsnäckaseashell; cochlea; a small earphone, to be placed...
2Middle High Germansnëgge
3Old High Germansneggo
4Proto-Germanicsneggôsnail
5Proto-Germanic-gôAppended to verbs and adjectives to create nouns,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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