Where does “saftln” come from?

saftln (Bavarian) comes from Bavarian Såft, from Middle High German saf, from Old High German saf, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

saftln (Bavarian): to give off fluid

Definitions

  1. to give off fluid

Ancestry of “saftln”, step by step

saftln traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bavarian Såft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BavarianSåftjuice
2Middle High Germansafjuice
3Old High Germansaf—
4Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
5Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

via Bavarian ln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bavarianln—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sap →Every word from Old High German saf →