Where does “seiffa” come from?
seiffa (Old High German) comes from Frankish saipā, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
Ancestry of “seiffa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Frankish | saipā | soap |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | saipǭ | soap |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |
Words derived from “seiffa”