Where does “saf” come from?

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

saf (Middle High German): juice

Definitions

  1. juice

Ancestry of “saf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “saf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sap →Every word from Old High German saf →