Where does “seep” come from?
seep (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sēpa, from Frankish saipā, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
Ancestry of “seep”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | sēpa | — |
| 2 | Frankish | saipā | soap |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | saipǭ | soap |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |
Words derived from “seep”