Where does “sap” come from?

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

sap (Dutch): sap; juice

Definitions

  1. sap; juice

Ancestry of “sap”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →