Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo apply soap to in washing. · To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank. · To be discreet about (a topic). · To flatter; to wheedle.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seyb-? Proto-Germanic *saipǭ Proto-West Germanic *saipā Old English sāpe Middle English sope English soap From Middle English sope, sape, from Old English sāpe (“soap, salve”), from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb-, *seyp- (“to pour out, drip, trickle, strain”). Cognate with Scots saip, sape (“soap”), Saterland Frisian Seepe (“soap”), West Frisian sjippe (“soap”), Dutch zeep (“soap”), German Low German Seep (“soap”), German Seife (“soap”), Danish sæbe (“soap”), Swedish såpa (“soap”), Norwegian Bokmål såpe (“soap”), Norwegian Nynorsk såpe (“soap”), Faroese sápa (“soap”), Icelandic sápa (“soap”), Finnish saippua (“soap”), Finnish suopa (“soft soap”). Related also to Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade, unguent”), Latin sēbum (“tallow, fat, grease”). See seep. Latin sāpō (“soap”) is a borrowing from the Germanic.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsopeenm
- Inherited-form mentionsāpeang · soap, salve
- Inherited-form mention*saipāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*saipǭgem-pro
- Derivation mention*seyb-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionsaipsco
- Cognate mentionSeepestq · soap
- Cognate mentionsjippefy · soap
- Cognate mentionzeepnl · soap
- Cognate mentionSeifede · soap
- Cognate mentionsæbeda · soap
- Cognate mentionsåpasv · soap
- Cognate mentionsåpenb · soap
- Cognate mentionsåpenn · soap
- Cognate mentionsápafo · soap
- Cognate mentionsápais · soap
- Cognate mentionsaippuafi · soap
- Cognate mentionsuopafi · soft soap
- Cognate mentionsāpang · amber, resin, pomade, unguent
- Cognate mentionsēbumla · tallow, fat, grease
- Cognate mentionsāpōla · soap
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"To apply soap to in washing.",
"To cover, lather, or in any other manner treat with soap, often as a prank.",
"To be discreet about (a topic).",
"To flatter; to wheedle."
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