Where does “ṣuṣit” come from?

ṣuṣit (Tarifit) comes from Moroccan Arabic صوصيت, 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.

ṣuṣit (Tarifit): sausage

Definitions

  1. sausage

Ancestry of “ṣuṣit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Moroccan Arabicصوصيت—
2Frenchsaucissesausage
3Old Frenchsaucicesausage
4Latinsalsīciusprepared with salt
5Latinsalsussalty, briny; salted; witty
6Latinsālsalt
7Proto-Italicsālssalt
8Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →