Where does “sippen” come from?

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

sippen (Middle English): to sip, to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a...

Definitions

  1. to sip, to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a...

Ancestry of “sippen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sippen”

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