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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
According to Kroonen, a back-formation from the iterative *suppōną (“to soak”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*sūpaną[1][2]
- to drink; sip; slurp; gulp
Inflection
Conjugation of
*sūpaną (strong class 2)
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sūpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*sūpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389