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Where does “sēpa” come from?

sēpa (Old Saxon) 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 “sēpa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sēpa”

  • sæbe
  • seep
  • sēpe
  • sêpe
  • Seep
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →