Where does “sāpe” come from?

sāpe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic saipā, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sāpe (Old English): soap, salve

Definitions

  1. soap, salve

Ancestry of “sāpe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsaipāsoap
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

Words derived from “sāpe”

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