Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/saipǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Alternative reconstructions

*saipijǭ, *saipwǭ^[1]

Etymology

Of unclear origin.^[1] One theory derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, dribble, strain, trickle”), and compares it with Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑi̯.põː/

Noun

*saipǭ f

(West Germanic) soap
Synonyms: *laugō, *lauþrą

Inflection

Declension 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

Proto-West Germanic: *saipā
- 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: såpa, såpe
        → Danish: såpe
        Norwegian Bokmål: såpe
      - Old Swedish: sāpa
        Swedish: såpa
        → Finnish: suopa, soopa
- Old Frisian: *sēpe
  - Saterland Frisian: Seepe
  - West Frisian: sjippe
- Old Saxon: *sēpa
  - Middle Low German: sêpe, seipe
    - German Low German: Seep
    - Dutch Low Saxon: ziepe, zaip, zaipe, zeeip, zepe, zeip, ziep, zaibe, zeep
    - → Estonian: seep
    - → Danish: sæbe
      - Norwegian Bokmål: sæbe, sæpe, sepe
    - → Latvian: ziepes
- Old Dutch: *sēpa
  - Middle Dutch: sêpe, seipe
    - Dutch: zeep
      - Afrikaans: seep (see there for further descendants)
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: sepu
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: sepu
        → Akawaio: seepoo, sawana
        → Pemon: seepoo, sawana
      - → Lokono: sêpo
    - Limburgish: zeip
- Old High German: seipfa, seiffa, seifa
  - Middle High German: seife
    - Alemannic German: Seif, Seife, Seifi, Seipfe, Soapfe
      Swabian: Soif
    - Bavarian: Saf, Soaffa, Soaf
    - Central Franconian: Seef, Sääf, Seif
      Hunsrik: Seif
      Luxembourgish: Seef
    - East Central German:
      Vilamovian: zaof
    - East Franconian: Saafe
    - German: Seife
    - Rhine Franconian: Saaf, Saaif, Sääf, Sääif, Seef
      Frankfurterisch: [saːf]
      Pennsylvania German: Seef
    - Yiddish: זייף (zeyf)
Finnic:
- → Finnish: saippua
  - → Ingrian: saippu
  - → Northern Sami: sáibu
→ Latin: sāpō (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*saipwōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*saipwōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 422

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