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

Alternative reconstructions

*suppô

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsu.pɔːː/

Noun

*supô m

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

Derived terms

*supōną/*suppōną

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: sopa
- Middle English: sope, soppe, sop
  - English: sop
  - Scots: sope
Old Saxon: *sopo
- Middle Low German: sope
  - → German: Suppe (with influence from Old French supe) (see there for further descendants)
  - → Old Norse: soppa
    - → Icelandic: súpa
    - → Faroese: súpan
    - → Norwegian: suppe
    - → Swedish: soppa
      - → Finnish: soppa
    - → Danish: suppe
Old Dutch: *sopo
- Middle Dutch: sope, soop
  - ⇒ Dutch: zoopje, zopie (diminutiva tantum)
    - Afrikaans: sopie
Old Norse: sopi
- Icelandic: sopi
- Faroese: sopi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sope
- Old Swedish: supi, sopi
→ Latin: suppa (also possibly from *suppǭ)
- Lombard: süpa
- Italo-Dalmatian
  - Italian: zuppa
  - Sicilian: suppa, zuppa
- Old French: supe (see there for further descendants)
- Old Occitan:
  - Catalan: sopa
  - Occitan: sopa
- West Iberian
  - Aragonese: sopa
  - Asturian: sopa
  - Old Galician-Portuguese:
    - Galician: sopa
    - Portuguese: sopa
  - Spanish: sopa
    - → Basque: zopa

References

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

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

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