Where does “săpunărit” come from?

săpunărit (Romanian) comes from Romanian săpun, from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

săpunărit (Romanian): tax on soapmaking in medieval Wallachia and Moldavia

Definitions

  1. tax on soapmaking in medieval Wallachia and Moldavia

Ancestry of “săpunărit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniansăpunsoap
2LatinsāpōAn ancient hair product
3Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic saipǭ →Every word from Latin sāpō →