Where does “ῥοφέω” come from?

ῥοφέω (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic hropʰéyō, from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- — to sip, gulp, suck.

ῥοφέω (Ancient Greek): I slurp, gulp down; I live on slops

Definitions

  1. I slurp, gulp down; I live on slops

Ancestry of “ῥοφέω”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenichropʰéyōto gulp down
2Proto-Indo-Europeansrebʰ-to sip, gulp, suck

Words derived from “ῥοφέω

Every word from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ-Every word from Proto-Hellenic hropʰéyō
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