Where does “slurp” come from?

Slurp comes from Middle Dutch slurpen, from Old Dutch slurpen, from Proto-Germanic slarpaną, from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ-.

slurp (English): To eat or drink noisily; To make a loud sucking...

Definitions

  1. To eat or drink noisily; To make a loud sucking...

Ancestry of “slurp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchslurpen—
2Old Dutchslurpen—
3Proto-Germanicslarpanąto sip, slurp
4Proto-Indo-Europeansrebʰ-to sip, gulp, suck

Words derived from “slurp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slarpaną →Every word from Old Dutch slurpen →