Where does “rīprok” come from?

rīprok (Livonian) comes from Livonian rīpõ, from Proto-Finnic rüüp'ät'äk — to sip, to drink.

rīprok (Livonian): a kind of barley porridge or soup that is watery enough to drink

Definitions

  1. a kind of barley porridge or soup that is watery enough to drink

Ancestry of “rīprok”, step by step

rīprok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Livonian rīpõ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianrīpõto slurp eat or drink noisily
2Proto-Finnicrüüp'ät'äkto sip, to drink

via Livonian rok

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianroksoup
Every word from Proto-Finnic rüüp'ät'äkEvery word from Livonian rīpõ