Where does “sipen” come from?

sipen (Middle English) comes from Old English sipian, from Proto-Germanic sipōną, from Proto-Indo-European seyb- — to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

sipen (Middle English): To seep, to ooze or pass slowly through pores or...

Definitions

  1. To seep, to ooze or pass slowly through pores or...

Ancestry of “sipen”, step by step

sipen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sipian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsipianto seep
2Proto-Germanicsipōnąto drop, fall, drip, trickle
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseyb-to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,...

via Old Dutch *sīpan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*sīpan—
2Proto-Germanicsīpanąto drip, to pour
3Proto-Indo-European*seib—

Words derived from “sipen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seyb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sipōną →Every word from Old English sipian →