Etymograph

English

souse

Souse comes from Old French sous ‘preserved in salt’, from Frankish *sultija ‘saltwater, brine’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sultijō.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sultijō‘saltwater, brine’reconstructed
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*sultija‘saltwater, brine’reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400sous‘preserved in salt’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500souse‘to salt pickle’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1575same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sultijō‘saltwater, brine’reconstructed
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*sultija‘saltwater, brine’reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400sous‘preserved in salt’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500souse‘to salt pickle’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1575same form

Earliest quotation: 1575, George Gascoigne: “(Although I bee well soused in this showere,)”.

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *sultijō

Another origin of souse

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-‘integrate, whole’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s‘entire’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*soliðosreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsolidus‘dense, solid, not hollow’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400sous
  6. Englishtodaysouse

Today it means

noun The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sultijō / souse

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