Where does “saippuoittaa” come from?
saippuoittaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish saippua, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
saippuoittaa (Finnish): to saponify
Definitions
- to saponify
Ancestry of “saippuoittaa”, step by step
saippuoittaa 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 oittaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oittaa | — |