Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saipǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, dribble, strain, trickle”). Cognate with Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑi̯.põː/

Noun

*saipǭ f

soap

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *saipǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*saipǭ	*saipōniz
vocative	*saipǭ	*saipōniz
accusative	*saipōnų	*saipōnunz
genitive	*saipōniz	*saipōnǫ̂
dative	*saipōni	*saipōmaz
instrumental	*saipōnē	*saipōmiz

Descendants

Old English: sāpe
- Middle English: sope, sape
  - English: soap (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: saip, sape
  - → Middle Irish: sóp
  - → Old Norse: sápa
    - Icelandic: sápa
    - Faroese: sápa
    - Norwegian: såpe
    - Old Swedish: sāpa
      - Swedish: såpa
        → Finnish: suopa
Old Frisian: *sēpe
- Saterland Frisian: Seepe
- West Frisian: sjippe
Old Saxon: *sēpa
- Middle Low German: sēpe, seipe
  - German Low German: Seep
  - Dutch Low Saxon: ziepe, zaip, zaipe, zeeip, zepe, zeip, ziep, zaibe, zeep
  - → Estonian: seep
  - → Danish: sæbe
  - → Latvian: ziepes
Frankish: *saipa
- Old Dutch: *sēpa
  - Middle Dutch: seipe, sepe, seep
    - Dutch: zeep
      - Afrikaans: seep
        → Xhosa: isepha
        → Zulu: insipho
    - Limburgish: zeip
Old High German: seipfa, seiffa, seifa
- Middle High German: seife
  - German: Seife, Seipfe
  - Bavarian: Soaffa, Soaf, safe
  - Luxembourgish: Seef
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Seef
  - Vilamovian: zaof
  - Yiddish: זייף‎ (zeyf)
→ Finnish: saippua
- → Northern Sami: sáibu
→ Latin: sāpō (see there for further descendants)

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