Where does “sæbe” come from?

sæbe (Danish) comes from Middle Low German sêpe, from Old Saxon sēpa, from Proto-West Germanic saipā, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sæbe (Danish): soap

Definitions

  1. soap

Ancestry of “sæbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansêpe—
2Old Saxonsēpa—
3Proto-West Germanicsaipāsoap
4Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Words derived from “sæbe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saipǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic saipā →