Where does “[[saf]], [[saft]]” come from?
[[saf]], [[saft]] (Middle High German) comes from Old High German saf, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.
Ancestry of “[[saf]], [[saft]]”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | saf | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *sap | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | sab- | juice; taste |