Where does “Marseille-saippua” come from?

Marseille-saippua (Finnish) comes from Finnish saippua, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Marseille-saippua (Finnish): Marseille soap type of soap

Definitions

  1. Marseille soap type of soap

Ancestry of “Marseille-saippua”, step by step

Marseille-saippua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish saippua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaippuasoap
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

via Finnish Marseille

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMarseille—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saipǭ →Every word from Finnish saippua →