Where does “lipeäsaippua” come from?

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

lipeäsaippua (Finnish): lye soap

Definitions

  1. lye soap

Ancestry of “lipeäsaippua”, step by step

lipeäsaippua 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 lipeä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlipeälye; slippery
2Proto-Finniclipedaslippery
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saipǭ →Every word from Finnish saippua →