Where does “Seifenkraut” come from?

Seifenkraut (German) comes from German seife, 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,...

Seifenkraut (German): soapwort, any plant of the genus Saponaria

Definitions

  1. soapwort, any plant of the genus Saponaria

Ancestry of “Seifenkraut”, step by step

Seifenkraut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German seife

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanseifesoap substance
2Middle High Germanseifesoap
3Old High Germanseifa—
4Proto-West Germanicsaipāsoap
5Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
6Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

via German kraut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankrautherb; useful plant plant used to flavour food, or for medicinal effect
2Middle High Germankrūt—
3Old High Germankrūt—
4Proto-West Germanic*krūdherb, plant
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