Saaf

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German seife, from Old High German seifa, seiffa, from Proto-West Germanic *saipā, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, dribble, strain, trickle”). Compare Bavarian Saf, East Franconian Saafe, Luxembourgish Seef, German Seife.

Noun

Saaf f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) soap

References
  • 1982 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Itze schlöft dr Pastor ei : Heiteres aus dem Erzgebirge. P. 49
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