Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “sapon-”

70 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sapon- — including sap, sapwood, sapless, sapsucker, zaftig, saphead, pinesap, sapful.

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German (18)

English (16)

Dutch (9)

Danish (5)

Yiddish (3)

Hungarian (3)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Old English (1)

Middle English (1)

Old High German (1)