sip
English
/sɪp/
noun
Definitions
- A small mouthful of drink
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sippen inherited from Old English sipian (seep) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (trickle, drip) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (pour out, trickle, strain, drip, dribble, leak out, pour, leak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seyb-
Gloss
pour out, trickle, strain, drip, dribble, leak out, pour, leak
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- resip English
- sippable English
- sipper English
- sippest English
- sippeth English
- sipple English
- sippy English
- sup English
- sebum Latin
- sēbum Latin
- *seyb- Proto-Indo-European
- *saipǭ Proto-Germanic
- *sipōną Proto-Germanic
- sipian Old English
- sūpan Old English
- *sipen Middle English
- sippen Middle English
- suppen Middle English
- sipp Maltese
- ssippja Maltese