Where does “saippuasprii” come from?
saippuasprii (Finnish) comes from Finnish saippua, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
saippuasprii (Finnish): spirit of soap spiritus saponis
Definitions
- spirit of soap spiritus saponis
Ancestry of “saippuasprii”, step by step
saippuasprii traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish saippua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | saippua | soap |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | saipǭ | soap |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |
via Finnish sprii
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sprii | spirit, ethanol; "short for" spriipurje |