Where does “sap” come from?

sap (Middle English) comes from Old English sæp, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

sap (Middle English): sap plant juices

Definitions

  1. sap plant juices

Ancestry of “sap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsæpsap
2Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
3Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

Words derived from “sap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sap →Every word from Old English sæp →
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