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Where does “seifa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “seifa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “seifa”

  • einseifen
  • Seife
  • verseifen
  • seife
  • Seef
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →