Where does “saufen” come from?

saufen (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German sūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *sūpan, from Proto-Germanic sūpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sewb-.

saufen (Luxembourgish): to drink, to sup

Definitions

  1. to drink, to sup

Ancestry of “saufen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansūfanto slurp, drink
2Proto-West Germanic*sūpanto drink greedily, slurp
3Proto-Germanicsūpanąto drink; sip; slurp; gulp
4Proto-Indo-European*sewb-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sewb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sūpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sūpan →