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Where does “sapunarstvo” come from?

sapunarstvo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian sàpūn, from Arabic صَابُون, from Aramaic צַפּוֹן, from Ancient Greek σάπων, from Latin sāpōnem, from Latin sāpō, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sapunarstvo (Serbo-Croatian): soap manufacturing

Definitions

  1. soap manufacturing

Ancestry of “sapunarstvo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansàpūn—
2Arabicصَابُونsoap
3Aramaicצַפּוֹן—
4Ancient Greekσάπωνsoap
5Latinsāpōnem—
6Latinsāpō—
7Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
8Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
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