*saipǭ

Runic: ᛊᚨᛁᛈᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsɑi̯.pɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

soap

Etymology

Of unclear origin, with the original sense possibly denoting "amber, resin". Orel prefers to consider the word a secondary nominal formation from *sīpaną (‘to drip, flow’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	saipǭ	saipōniz
Acc.	saipōnų	saipōnunz
Gen.	saipōniz	saipōnǫ̂
Dat.	saipōni	saipōmaz
Inst.	saipōnē	saipōmiz
Voc.	saipǭ	saipōniz

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Descendants

*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sēpa (Old Dutch)
  - sêpe, seipe (Middle Dutch)
    - zeip (Limburgish)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sēpa (Old Dutch)
  - sêpe, seipe (Middle Dutch)
    - zeep (Dutch)
      - seep (Afrikaans)
      - sepu (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - sêpo (Lokono)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sēpa (Old Dutch)
  - sêpe, seipe (Middle Dutch)
    - zeep (Dutch)
      - sepu (Skepi Creole Dutch)
        
        seepoo, sawana (Akawaio)
        
        seepoo, sawana (Pemon)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sāpe (Old English)
  - sope, sape, soope, soppe, swope (Middle English)
    - soap (English)
    - sóp (Middle Irish)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sāpe (Old English)
  - sope, sape, soope, soppe, swope (Middle English)
    - saip (Middle Scots)
      - saip (Scots)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sāpe (Old English)
  - sope, sape, soope, soppe, swope (Middle English)
    - sápa (Old Norse)
      - sápa (Faroese)
      - sápa (Icelandic)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sāpe (Old English)
  - sope, sape, soope, soppe, swope (Middle English)
    - sápa (Old Norse)
      - såpa, såpe (Norwegian)
        
        såpe (Danish)
        
        såpe (Norwegian Bokmål)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- sāpe (Old English)
  - sope, sape, soope, soppe, swope (Middle English)
    - sápa (Old Norse)
      - sāpa (Old Swedish)
        
        såpa (Swedish)
        
        suopa, soopa (Finnish)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sēpe (Old Frisian)
  - Seepe (Saterland Frisian)
  - sjippe (West Frisian)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- seipfa, seiffa, seifa (Old High German)
  - seife (Middle High German)
    - Seif, Seife, Seifi, Seipfe, Soapfe (Alemannic German)
    - Saf, Soaffa, Soaf (Bavarian)
    - Seef, Sääf, Seif (Central Franconian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - Saafe (East Franconian)
    - Seife (German)
    - Saaf, Saaif, Sääf, Sääif, Seef (Rhine Franconian)
    - זייף (zeyf) (Yiddish)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sēpa (Old Saxon)
  - sêpe, seipe (Middle Low German)
    - ziepe, zaip, zaipe, zeeip, zepe, zeip, ziep, zaibe, zeep (Dutch Low Saxon)
    - seep (Estonian)
    - Seep (German Low German)
    - ziepes (Latvian)
*saipā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *sēpa (Old Saxon)
  - sêpe, seipe (Middle Low German)
    - sæbe (Danish)
      - sæbe, sæpe, sepe (Norwegian Bokmål)
? (Finnic)
- saippua, saiput, saipua, saipo, saipot, saipoo, saipio, saippio (Finnish)
  - saippu (Ingrian)
  - sáibu (Northern Sami)
sāpō (Latin)

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