sup
English
/sʌp/
verb
Definitions
- To sip; to take a small amount of food or drink into the mouth, especially with a spoon.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English suppen (sip, drink) inherited from Old English sūpan (sip, sup, drink, taste, take fluid into the mouth) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *sub-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sub-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- oversup English
- suppage English
- suppest English
- suppeth English
- Sauferei German
- Säufer German
- absaufen German
- besaufen German
- ersaufen German
- saufen German
- totsaufen German
- versaufen German
- bezopen Dutch, Flemish
- bezuipen Dutch, Flemish
- comazuipen Dutch, Flemish
- verzuipen Dutch, Flemish
- zuipen Dutch, Flemish
- zuipkop Dutch, Flemish
- zuiplap Dutch, Flemish
- zuipschuit Dutch, Flemish
- soupe French
- *sub- Proto-Indo-European
- *sū- Proto-Indo-European
- *sūpaną Proto-Germanic
- supa Swedish
- sūpan Old English
- सूप Sanskrit
- suppen Middle English
- súpa Old Norse
- supen Middle Dutch
- sūfan Old High German
- *sūpan Old Dutch
- sope Middle Low German
- sūpa Pali
- sūpan Old Saxon
- suufe Alemannic German
- süfä Alemannic German
- sūpa, supa Old Swedish
- 𑀲𑀽𑀧 Ashokan Prakrit