Where does “זייף” come from?

זייף (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German seife, from Old High German seifa, from Proto-West Germanic saipā, from Proto-Germanic saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

זייף (Yiddish): soap

Definitions

  1. soap

Ancestry of “זייף”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanseifesoap
2Old High Germanseifa—
3Proto-West Germanicsaipāsoap
4Proto-Germanicsaipǭsoap
5Proto-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 Proto-West Germanic saipā →