Where does “Seife” come from?
Seife (German) comes from Middle High German seife, from Old High German seifa, from Proto-West Germanic saipā, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
Seife (German): soap; a piece of soap; a particular sort of soap
Definitions
- soap; a piece of soap; a particular sort of soap
Ancestry of “Seife”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | seife | — |
| 2 | Old High German | seifa | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | saipā | soap |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | saipǭ | soap |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |
Words derived from “Seife”