Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/suppōną

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

Kroonen reconstructs the Pre-Germanic form as *su(H)ph₃néh₂-, with dissimilation of the first laryngeal, a compound of Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to pour; moisture, rain, juice”) + *peh₃- (“to drink”). The strong verb *sūpaną (“to guzzle, soak”) was likely back-formed from the iterative. Related to Sanskrit सूप (sūpa, “soup, broth”), as well as Hittite [script needed] (šuḫḫai, “to pour”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsup.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*suppōną

to soak

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *supp- in the singular, *sub- in the non-singular.

Conjugation of *suppōną (weak class 2)

present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
	active voice			passive voice
1st singular	*suppō	*suppǭ	—	*suppōi	?
2nd singular	*suppōsi	*suppōs	*suppō	*suppōsai	*suppōsau
3rd singular	*suppōþi	*suppō	*suppōþau	*suppōþai	*suppōþau
1st dual	*suppōs	*suppōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*suppōþiz	*suppōþiz	*suppōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*suppōmaz	*suppōm	—	*suppōnþai	*suppōnþau
2nd plural	*suppōþ	*suppōþ	*suppōþ	*suppōnþai	*suppōnþau
3rd plural	*suppōnþi	*suppōn	*suppōnþau	*suppōnþai	*suppōnþau

past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*suppōdǭ	*suppōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*suppōdēz	*suppōdēdīz
3rd singular	*suppōdē	*suppōdēdī
1st dual	*suppōdēdū	*suppōdēdīw
2nd dual	*suppōdēdudiz	*suppōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*suppōdēdum	*suppōdēdīm
2nd plural	*suppōdēdud	*suppōdēdīd
3rd plural	*suppōdēdun	*suppōdēdīn

	present	past
participles	*suppōndz	*suppōdaz

Derived terms

*sūpaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *soppōn
- Old English: soppian
  - Middle English: soppen
    - English: sop
- Old Frisian: *sopja
  - West Frisian: sopje
- Old Dutch: *soppon
  - Middle Dutch: soppen
    - Dutch: soppen
    - ⇒ Middle Dutch: sopperen
- Old High German: soffōn, sofōn
Icelandic: subba (“to soil”)
Norwegian: subba (“to dabble”)
Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐍀𐍉𐌽 (supōn)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*supp/bōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*supp/bōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493

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