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

Etymology

Of unclear origin. 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

1. (West Germanic) soap

   Synonyms: *laugō, *lauþrą

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

• 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, *seipa
    • 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)