Where does “zeepbes” come from?

zeepbes (Dutch) comes from Dutch zeep, from Middle Dutch seep, from Old Dutch sēpa, from Frankish saipā, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

zeepbes (Dutch): The fruit of a soapberry

Definitions

  1. The fruit of a soapberry

Ancestry of “zeepbes”, step by step

zeepbes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch zeep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchzeepsoap
2Middle Dutchseep—
3Old Dutchsēpasoap
4Frankishsaipāsoap
5Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

via Dutch bes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbesberry; B flat; an old woman
2Middle Dutchbes—
3Old Dutchbesi—
4Proto-Germanicbasjąberry; a small fruit, of any one of many...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →