etymology of soap
Latin – Sapo
Arabic – صابُون sabun
(were the arab traders earlier than the portuguese to spread it?)
--> spread to Malay? – sabun
--> spread to Min-nan? - sabun
Portuguese – sabão
--> spread to Malay via Melaka? – sabun
--> spread to Min-nan via Taiwan? - sabun
Spanish – jabón
--> Tagalog - sabon (influence by spanish?
French – savon
--> influence by french? Vietnamese - xà phòng
Italian – sapone
Norwegian - såpe
Hindi - साबुन [saabun]
Bengali - সাবান shaban
Danish/Norge/Swedish – sæben
Finnish – saippua
Romanian – săpun
Croatian - sapun
... and many more
