Where does “poppare” come from?

poppare (Italian) comes from Italian poppa, from Latin puppa, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

poppare (Italian): To suck

Definitions

To suck

Ancestry of “poppare”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	poppa	breast, boob; stern; third-person singular...
2	Latin	puppa	stern
3	Latin	pupa	girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
4	Latin	pupus	a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
5	Proto-Indo-European	peh₂w-	few, little; smallness

Words derived from “poppare”

poppatoio
ripoppare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →