Where does “sæp” come from?

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

sæp (Old English): sap

Definitions

  1. sap

Ancestry of “sæp”, step by step

sæp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *sap

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

via Proto-Germanic *sap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*sap—

Words derived from “sæp”

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