Where does “gesupan” come from?

gesupan (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gesupan (Old English): to sup, sip, suck up, swallow

Definitions

  1. to sup, sip, suck up, swallow

Ancestry of “gesupan”, step by step

gesupan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English sūpan

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 -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →