Where does “slurpen” come from?
slurpen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic slarpaną, from Proto-Indo-European srebʰ- — to sip, gulp, suck.
Ancestry of “slurpen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | slarpaną | to sip, slurp |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | srebʰ- | to sip, gulp, suck |
Words derived from “slurpen”