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
- To eat or drink noisily; To make a loud sucking...
Ancestry of “slurp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | slurpen | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | slurpen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | slarpaną | to sip, slurp |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | srebʰ- | to sip, gulp, suck |
Words derived from “slurp”