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
- to sip, to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a...
Ancestry of “sippen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | sipian | to seep |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sipōną | to drop, fall, drip, trickle |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | seyb- | to pour, leak, trickle; to pour out, trickle,... |
Words derived from “sippen”