sip

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*seyb-“to pour out, trickle, leak out”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sipōną“to drip, trickle”
3. Old English · inherited fromsipian
4. Middle English · inherited fromsippen
5. English todaysip

Inherited from Middle English sippen, of uncertain origin. Compare with Low German sippen (“to sip”). Possibly from a variant of Middle English suppen (“to drink, sip”) (see sup) or perhaps from Old English sipian, sypian (“to take in moisture, soak, macerate”), from Proto-Germanic *sipōną (“to drip, trickle”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, trickle, leak out”). Compare also Old High German supfen (“to drink, sip”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (“to sip, intake”).

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