sieve

[Rick Mc Callister]

Miguel:
	I'm not sure whether or not you're saying that *seip-/*seib- is limited
to only Germanic and Tokharian. In researching Spanish jabo/n "soap" and
sabia "sap", I found a mish-mash of leads --including possible cognates
in Anatolian, Celtic, Greek & Illyrian.
	My apologies if I misunderstood you.

jabón "soap"
	see French savon, Rumanian sâpun, Italian sapone "soap" [Buck 1949:
453]
	< late Latin sâpo, sâpônis "soap" [Buck 1949: 453; Partridge
1958: 584; Watkins 1985: 56]
	< ? Germanic *saipjô [Partridge 1958: 584]
	< Germanic *saipôn- "dripping thing, resin" [Watkins 1985: 56]
	see Old English sâpe, OHG seipfa, seifa [Buck 1949: 453]
	see Old English sâp "sap, resin", sipian "to trickle, seep"
[Partridge 1958: 584]
	< Germanic *saipôn, *saipiôn [Buck 1949: 453]
	< ? Celtic *sapon [Partridge 1958: 584]
	< *soib-on- [Watkins 1985: 56]
	< Indo-European *seib- "to pour out, sieve, drip, trickle" [Watkins
1985: 56]
	see Old English siftan "to sift, drain", siffe "filter, sieve" [Watkins
1985: 56]
	< Germanic *sib- [Watkins 1985: 56]
	see Old English sîpian, sypian "seep, drip" [Watkins 1985: 56]
	< Germanic sîpon [Watkins 1985: 56]
	see Gaulish sapo- "soap" [Babaev: Gaulish Dictionary]
	see Gaelic siabunn, Manx sheabin, Cornish seban, Welsh sebon [Partridge
1958: 584]
	see Finnish loanword saippio "soap" [Buck 1949: 453]
	see Old English sîpian "drip", sâp "resin" [Buck 1949: 453]
	see OHG salba "ointment"; Gothic salbôn "to annount" [Partridge 1958:
584]
	see Greek olpê "oil bottle" < *solpe; Greek elpos "oil, fat"
[Partridge 1958: 584]
	see Hittite sapîya "to cleanse" < *sap- [Partridge 1958: 584]
	see sebo "tallow, fat"
	< Latin sêbum "tallow"
	see Spanish sabia "sap" [Partridge 1958: 586]
	< ? Latin sapa "must (wine)" [Partridge 1958: 584]
	< ? Latin sapor "flavor" [Partridge 1958: 584]

sabia "sap"
	< ? Latin sapa "must (wine)" [Partridge 1958: 584]
	< ? Latin sapor "flavor" [Partridge 1958: 584]
	see jabón "soap"
	< Latin sâpo, sâpônis "soap" [Partridge 1958: 584]
	see French sapin "fir", Old French sap [Buck 1949: 531]
	< Latin sapînus, sappînus "pine, fir" [Buck 1949: 531]
	< *sapo [Buck 1949: 531]
	< Germanic *sapam "plant juice" [Watkins 1985: 55]
	see Old English saep, sap "sap" [Watkins 1985: 55]
	< Indo-European *sab- "juice, fluid" [Watkins 1985: 55]
	see Italian zabaione, zabaglione < Illyrian sabaium "beer" [Watkins
1985: 55]

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>To answer your question, the word "sieve" is from *seip-/*seib-
>"ausgiessen, seihen, rinnen, troepfeln" (Gmc. and Toch.), besides
>*seikw-/[*seigw-] "ausgiessen, _seihen_, rinnen, traeufeln", which
>_also_ has Germanic reflexes.

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