soya

The story

1. Middle Chinese · derived from醬油
2. ja-mid-lat · derived from醤油
3. Japanese · derived from醤油
4. Japanese · derived fromそや
5. Dutch · borrowed fromsoja
6. English todaysoya

Borrowed from Dutch soja; from the Satsuma dialectal Japanese そや (soya), which is the topicalized form of 醤油 (そい, soi) (cognate to standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Late Middle Japanese 醤油 (しやうゆ, shiyauyu), orthographic borrowing from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (tsjangᴴ, “bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from late 17th c. Alternative form of soy.