Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/supô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

A nominal formation from *sūpaną (to drink, sip).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsu.pɔːː/

Noun

*supô m

  1. soup, broth

Inflection

Declension of *supô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *supô *supaniz
vocative *supô *supaniz
accusative *supanų *supanunz
genitive *supiniz *supanǫ̂
dative *supini *supammaz
instrumental *supinē *supammiz

Alternative reconstructions

  • *suppô

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sopō
    • Old English: sopa
    • Old Saxon: *sopo
      • Middle Low German: sope
        • German: Suppe (with influence from Old French supe) (see there for further descendants)
        • Old Norse: soppa
    • Old Dutch: *sopo
      • Middle Dutch: sope, soop
        • Dutch: zoopje, zopie (diminutiva tantum)
          • Afrikaans: sopie
  • Old Norse: sopi
  • Latin: suppa (also possibly from *suppǭ)
    • Lombard: süpa
    • Italo-Dalmatian
    • Old French: supe (see there for further descendants)
    • Old Occitan:
    • West Iberian

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*supōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388