Where does “verseifen” come from?
verseifen (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,...
verseifen (German): to saponify
Ancestry of “verseifen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | seife | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | seife | — |
| 3 | Old High German | seifa | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | saipā | soap |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | saipǭ | soap |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |