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

Definitions

  1. soap

Ancestry of “zaof”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanseife
2Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb-Every word from Proto-Germanic saipǭEvery word from Old High German seife
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