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