Where does “slurpen” come from?
slurpen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slurpen, from Proto-Germanic slarpaną, from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- — to sip, gulp, suck.
Ancestry of “slurpen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | slurpen | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | slarpaną | to sip, slurp |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | srebʰ- | to sip, gulp, suck |
Words derived from “slurpen”