Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To immerse in liquid; to steep or drench. · To steep in brine; to pickle.
The pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. · Pickled scrapple. · Pickled or boiled ears and feet of a pig · A pickle made with salt.
From Middle English souse (“to salt pickle”) also a noun (“liquid for pickling,” “pickled pig parts”), from Old French sous (“preserved in salt”), from Frankish *sultija (“saltwater, brine”), from Proto-Germanic *sultijō (“saltwater, brine”). Cognate with Old Saxon sultia (“saltwater”), Old High German sulza (“brine”).
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