Where does “citroensap” come from?

citroensap (Dutch) comes from Dutch sap, from Middle Dutch sap, from Old Dutch sap, from Proto-Germanic sapą, from Proto-Indo-European sapon-, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

citroensap (Dutch): lemon juice

Definitions

  1. lemon juice

Ancestry of “citroensap”, step by step

citroensap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch sap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsapsap; juice
2Middle Dutchsap—
3Old Dutchsap—
4Proto-Germanicsapąjuice, sap
5Proto-Indo-Europeansapon-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

via Dutch citroen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchcitroenA lemon; The lemon tree, "Citrus limon"
2Middle Frenchcitron—
3Latincī̆truscitron tree
4Greekκέδροςcedar
5Ancient Greekκέδροςcedar; anything made of cedar-wood; cedar-oil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →