Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *sew-?
3. Proto-Indo-European *sewH-
4. Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-
5. Proto-Indo-European *su(H)ph₃néh₂-der.?
6. Proto-Germanic *suppōną
7. Proto-Germanic *sūpaną
8. Proto-West Germanic *sūpan
9. Old English sūpan
10. Middle English soupen
11. English sup
12. The verb is from Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan (“to sip, drink, taste”), from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną (compare Dutch zuipen (“to drink, tipple, booze”), German saufen (“to drink, booze”), Swedish supa (“to drink, swallow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sub-, compare Sanskrit सूप (sū́pa, “soup, broth”), from *sewe (“to take liquid”). More at suck.
13. The noun is from the verb. There is no evidence of continuity with Old English supa. Compare Middle English soupe, from Old English sūpe, which has the same meaning as Middle English sope (“a mouthful or small amount of drink”), from Old English sopa, whence sop. See: Middle English '
soupen', Proto-Germanic '
*sūpaną', Dutch '
zuipen', German, old spelling '
saufen', Swedish '
supa'.
Verbs referencing "sup"
German, old spelling
saufen, Proto-Slavic
sъsati, Alemannic German
suufe, Bavarian saufa.