Where does “kalisaippua” come from?

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

kalisaippua (Finnish): potash soap

Definitions

  1. potash soap

Ancestry of “kalisaippua”, step by step

kalisaippua 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 kali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalipotassium; potassium oxide
2GermanKalipotash
3Arabicقِلْي—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →