Where does “סבון” come from?

סבון (Hebrew) comes from French savon, from Italian sapone, from Spanish jabón, from Old Spanish xabon, from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

סבון (Hebrew): a soap

Definitions

  1. a soap

Ancestry of “סבון”, step by step

סבון traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French savon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsavonsoap
2Italiansaponesoap
3Spanishjabónsoap
4Old Spanishxabonsoap
5LatinsāpōAn ancient hair product
6Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
7Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

via German seife

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanseifesoap substance
2Middle High Germanseifesoap
3Old High Germanseifa—
4Proto-West Germanicsaipāsoap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →