Etymology

sosiska

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Today it means: A small sausage made from a mixture of ground meats, spices, and sometimes other ingredients like breadcrumbs or grains. Full definition →

Russian соси́ска ← French saucisse ← Old French saucice
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromsaucice
  2. Russian · derived from-ка
  3. French · derived fromsaucisse“sausage (hot dog style)”
  4. Russian · borrowed fromсоси́ска
  5. English todaysosiska

From Russian соси́ска (sosíska), from French saucisse (“sausage (hot dog style)”) (whence English saucisse) + Russian -ка (-ka, diminutive suffix), from Old French saucice (whence English sausage).

Words from the same roots

Frenchsaucisse all →

saucisse

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.