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Where does “Seef” come from?

Seef (Luxembourgish) comes 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,...

Seef (Luxembourgish): soap

Definitions

  1. soap

Ancestry of “Seef”, step by step

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