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Where does “sūpan” come from?

sūpan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic sūpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sewb-.

Ancestry of “sūpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsūpanąto drink; sip; slurp; gulp
2Proto-Indo-European*sewb-—

Words derived from “sūpan”

  • zuiplap
  • bezuipen
  • zuipkop
  • zuipen
  • zuipschuit
  • verzuipen
  • supen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sewb- →