Where does “saft” come from?

saft (Swedish) comes from Middle High German Saft, from Old High German saf, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

saft (Swedish): juice, sap; squash, cordial, fruit syrup

Definitions

  1. juice, sap; squash, cordial, fruit syrup

Ancestry of “saft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High GermanSaft—
2Old High Germansaf—
3Proto-West Germanic*sapjuice
4Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

Words derived from “saft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sap →Every word from Old High German saf →