Where does “sötsur sås” come from?

sötsur sås (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.

sötsur sås (Swedish): sweet-and-sour sauce

Definitions

  1. sweet-and-sour sauce

Ancestry of “sötsur sås”, step by step

sötsur sås 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 sötsur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsötsursweet-and-sour
2Swedishsötsweet; of the taste of sugar; sweet; not salty;...
3Old Swedishsötersweet
4Old Norsesœtrsweet
5Proto-Germanicswōtuzsweet
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéh₂dussweet
7Proto-Indo-Europeansweh₂d-sweet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂lEvery word from Proto-Italic sālsEvery word from Latin sāl
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