Where does “seife” come from?

seife (Middle High German) 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,...

seife (Middle High German): soap

Definitions

  1. soap

Ancestry of “seife”, step by step

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

Words derived from “seife”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saipǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic saipā →
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