Where does “suppen” come from?

suppen (Middle English) comes from Old English sūpan, from Proto-West Germanic *sūpan, from Proto-Germanic sūpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sewb-.

suppen (Middle English): to drink, sip

Definitions

  1. to drink, sip

Ancestry of “suppen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsūpanto sup; take fluid into the mouth; drink; to sip,...
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 →