Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *swxVjṗV

Meaning: to sweep

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *swep-, *seup-, -b-

Altaic: *šip`V

Kartvelian: *sxweṗ-

Dravidian: *seip-

Eskimo-Aleut: *cupǝ- (-ɫuɣ) (?)

References: МССНЯ 348; ND 2102 (IE, Alt, Drav).

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *swep-, *seup-, -b-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to sweep, to throw

Old Indian: svapū́- f. `broom'

Slavic: *svepītī; *sūtī, *sъpetь; *sūnǭtī; *sɨ̄pātī; *sъpъ

Baltic: *sup- vb. tr., *seũp- (-ja-), *seũb- (-ja-) vb. tr., *sǖ̂p-ā̂-, -ō̂- vb. (1), *sū̂p-in̂- vb.

Germanic: *swō[f]-al-a- m.; *swōp-ōn- f.; *swabb= etc.

Latin: supāre `werfen', dissipāre `zerstreuen, zerteilen, ausbreiten; zersprengen, ausst reuen, zertrümmern, verschleudern', obsipāre `entgegensprengen (Wasser); vorwerfen', īnsipō, -ere, -uī `hineinwerfen'

Russ. meaning: мести, швырять

References: WP II 524

Vasmer's dictionary :

Baltic etymology :

Proto-Baltic: *sup- vb. tr., *seũp- (-ja-), *seũb- (-ja-) vb. tr., *sǖ̂p-ā̂-, -ō̂- vb. (1), *sū̂p-in̂- vb.

Meaning: swing

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: sùpti (sùpa, sùpō/ostlit. sùpē) 'wiegen, schaukeln', iter. sū́pinti; siaũpti, siaũbti (-pia; -bia) 'sich bedecken, umhüllen; verwüsten, plündern, umherrasen'

Lettish: šũpât (-ãju), šũpuôt 'wiegen, schaukeln'

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *swō[f]ala-z; *swōpōn; *swabb= etc.

Meaning: sweep

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: sōfl m. `Besen'; sōpa wk. `fegen'

Norwegian: subba, sabba `vuil maken'; dial. svabba `ploeteren in vuil'; sovl; sopa vb.

Swedish: svabba `ploeteren in vuil'; sopa vb.

Old Danish: sobe vb.

Old English: geswope, -swopu `afval, vuil'

English: swab `dweilen'

Dutch: zwabberen `heen en weer bewegen en over de rand slaan van vloeistoffen'

Middle Low German: swabben `ploeteren in water of vuiligheid'

Low German: swabbeln `(von Wasser usw.) hin- und herschlagen, wogen'

Old High German: { gasopha, -sopho `afval, vuil' }

German: { schwappen }

Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1940

Root: su̯ep-2, sup-, su̯eb-

English meaning: to throw

German meaning: `werfen, schleudern, schütten'

Material: Ai. svapū́ `Besen'; aksl. svepiti sę `agitari'; schwundstuf. sъpǫ, suti `schütten, streuen', Iter. sypati `schütten', rasypati `ausstreuen'; sunǫti `effundere', sъpъ `Haufe' (aber lit. sùpti `schaukeln, wiegen' eher zu seu- `biegen'); lat. supō, -āre `werfen', dissipō, -āre `auseinanderwerfen, zerstreuen', obsipō, -āre `entgegensprengen (Wasser), vorwerfen', insipere `hineinwerfen';

    germ. *svab- und *svap- (idg. *su̯eb-) in aisl. sōfl `Kehrbesen' (*swōƀala-), svāf n. `Speer'; ags. ge-swōpe f. `Abfall, Kehricht' (isl. sópa `fegen' ist engl. Lw.); nd. swabbeln `(von Wasser u. dgl.) hin- und herschlagen, wogen', nhd. schwapp-en, -eln, -ern u. dgl.

References: WP. II 524, WH. I 356 ff., Trautmann 293, Vasmer 3, 57.

Pages: 1049

PIE database: PIE database

Altaic etymology :

Proto-Altaic: *šĭp`V

Nostratic: Nostratic

Meaning: to sweep

Russian meaning: мести, подметать

Turkic: *sipür-

Mongolian: *siɣür-

Tungus-Manchu: *čipi- (~š-,-ü-)

Korean: *psɨ́r-

Comments: EAS 150, Владимирцов 212, Poppe 30, 47, Мудрак Дисс. 43-44. Mong. cannot be explained as a loanword, despite Щербак 1997, 144, or as "bloßer Zufall", despite TMN 4, 288. In Kor. one has to suppose a secondary development *psɨ́r- < *spɨ́r-.

Turkic etymology :

Proto-Turkic: *sipür-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to sweep

Russian meaning: мести, подметать

Old Turkic: sipir- (OUygh.)

Karakhanid: süpür- (MK)

Turkish: süpür-

Tatar: sɨpɨr-, sĭbĭr-

Middle Turkic: süpür- (IM, Pav. C.)

Uzbek: supur-

Uighur: süpär-

Azerbaidzhan: süpür-

Turkmen: süpür-

Khakassian: sɨbɨr-

Oyrat: sibir-, sɨbɨr-

Halaj: sipir-

Chuvash: šъʷbъʷr 'broom'

Tuva: sivir-

Kirghiz: sɨpɨr-

Noghai: sɨpɨr-

Bashkir: hepere-

Balkar: sibir-

Gagauz: süpür-

Karaim: sibir-

Karakalpak: sɨpɨr-

Kumyk: sibir-

Comments: EDT 791, VEWT 437, ЭСТЯ 7. Turk. > Hung. seper 'sweep' (Gombocz 1912, MNyTESz 3, 518-519).

Mongolian etymology :

Proto-Mongolian: *siɣür-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: broom, besom

Russian meaning: метла, веник

Written Mongolian: sigür (L 703)

Middle Mongolian: ši'ur- 'to sweep', ši'urge (HY 38, 20), šiwur-, šiur (MA)

Khalkha: šǖr

Ordos: šǖrde- 'to sweep'

Dongxian: šu, šiu-

Baoan: śir, šire-

Shary-Yoghur: šǖr

Monguor: šū- (SM 383), (MGCD śūr)

Comments: MGCD 727.

Tungus etymology :

Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *čipi- (~š-,-ü-)

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to sweep; to scrape

Russian meaning: мести (пол); строгать

Evenki: čipi-

Comments: ТМС 2, 398. Attested only in Evk., but having plausible external parallels.

Korean etymology :

Proto-Korean: *psɨ́r-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to sweep, wipe

Russian meaning: мести

Modern Korean: s:ɨl-

Middle Korean: psɨ́r-

Comments: Nam 321, KED 1027.

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *sxweṗ-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: делать быстpое движение

English meaning: to make a swift movement

Georgian: sxveṗ- (Pshav.)

Georgian meaning (Rus.): выпрыгивать, вырезать

Georgian meaning (Engl.): to jump out, to carve

Megrel: sxaṗ-

Megrel meaning (Rus.): быстpо двигаться, скакать

Megrel meaning (Eng.): to move swiftly, to prance

Svan: cxwäṗ- ?

Svan meaning (Rus.): выдеpгивать (нож, саблю)

Svan meaning (Eng.): to take out (knife, saber)

Laz: cxaṗ-

Laz meaning (Rus.): сдиpать лубок

Laz meaning (Eng.): to peel off splint

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 166 (*sxeṗ-, смешано со *sxeṗ- q.v.), EWK 307-308 (без сван. и лаз.).

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *Sei(p)-

Meaning : 1 broom 2 to sweep

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *čī- (?)

Proto-Telugu : *cī(p)-

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *sēpad_ (*c-)

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *seip-ed_

Notes : Kannada cīpari might be borrowed.

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *čī-

Meaning : to sweep

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : cī (-pp-, -tt-)

Tamil meaning : to sweep off, brush away, wipe off, cleanse

Tamil derivates : cīy (-pp-, -tt-) to sweep; cīvu (cīvi-) to sweep clean (as floor), clean (as teeth); cīkku rubbish; cīkam-pul, cīku, cīẓku broom-grass; (RS, p. 147) cīprā a broom

Malayalam : cūl

Malayalam meaning : broom, besom

Kannada : cīpari

Kannada meaning : broom

Kodagu : cīpe

Kodagu meaning : broom made of grass, palm-leaves, etc.

Miscellaneous : KOR (O) tippi to sweep

Number in DED : 2599

Telugu etymology :

Proto-Telugu : *cī(p)-

Meaning : a broom

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Telugu : cī̃kili

Dialectal forms (1) : cī̃puru

Number in DED : 2599

Kolami-Gadba etymology :

Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *sēpad_ (*c-)

Meaning : a broom

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kolami : sabdi

Naiki : sabdi

Parji : cēpid

Ollari Gadba : sēpeṭ

Salur Gadba : cēpēḍ, sēpe

Kondekor Gadba : sēpēṭ

Number in DED : 2599

Gondwan etymology :

Proto-Gondi-Kui : *seip-ed_

Meaning : broom

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Proto-Gondi : *sēpuR

Konda : siper_

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *sēip-oz

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sēp-Vri

Notes : Derivative of *seip-.

Gondi etymology :

Proto-Gondi : *sēpuR

Meaning : broom

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Maria Gondi : ēpor̨

Seoni Gondi : hēpur

Koya Gondi : ēpur

Maria Gondi (Mitchell) : hepur

Additional forms : Also Gondi_M hepā Thysanolaena agrostis [a grass]

Number in DED : 2599

Number in CVOTGD : 3590

Konda etymology :

Konda : siper_

Meaning: broom

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Number in DED : 2599

Pengo-Manda etymology :

Proto-Pengo-Manda : *sēip-oz

Meaning : broom

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Pengo : hipos

Manda : hēpur

Number in DED : 2599

Kui-Kuwi etymology :

Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *sēp-Vri

Meaning : broom

Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology

Kui : sēperi "broom, brush"

Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : hepori

Kuwi (Schulze) : hēpori, herpori

Sunkarametta Kuwi : hēpori (pl. hēporka)

Parja Kuwi : hapuri

Number in DED : 2599

Eskimo etymology :

Proto-Eskimo: *cupǝ- (-ɫuɣ)

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to blow, tube

Russian meaning: дуть, труба

Proto-Yupik: *cupǝ-, *cup-ɫuɣ

Proto-Inupik: *cupǝ-, *cup-lu(ɣ), *cupp-unt

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 94

Yupik etymology :

Proto-Yupik: *cupǝ-, *cup-ɫuɣ

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: to blow 1, chimney 2

Russian Meaning: дуть 1, труба, дымоход 2

Sirenik: supúχtǝqǝ̄́χtǝʁá 1, supɫúx 2

Chaplino: sūpaqā 1, sǝfɫúk (ɣǝt) 2

Naukan: supáquq 1, súpɫuk 2

Central Alaskan Yupik: cupǝ- 'to blow on', cupɫuq 'pipe, hose gun barrel'

Nunivak (Peripheral): tcuppa* 1, tcupun* 'breath coal'

PAME: *cupǝ-

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 94

Inupik etymology :

Proto-Inupik: *cupǝ̣-, *cup-lu(ɣ), *cupp-unt

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: to blow 1, to break up (of river) 2, tube-shaped hole, pore 3

Russian meaning: дуть 1, начаться ледоходу 2, труба, скважина 3

Seward Peninsula Inupik: suvi- 2, 'to shoot with gun'

SPI Dialects: Imaq suvúɣaɣa 1, supún 'gun', W suppūn* 'gun'

North Alaskan Inupik: supɨ- 1, 2, supɨnɨq (ʁ), sumnɨq (ʁ) 'break-up (of river)', suvlu 3

NAI Dialects: B, Ingl supiɣa* 1, suppūn* 'gun', Qaw supi- 1, 2, Nu suplu 3

Western Canadian Inupik: supi- 1, 2, suvluk 3

WCI Dialects: M suppūn 'gun'

Eastern Canadian Inupik: supi- 1, supiniq 'break-up of river', sulluk 3

Greenlandic Inupik: supi- (supivâ*) 1, 2, supiniq (ʁ) 'break-up of river', suɫɫuaq 3

GRI Dialects: EG cipu- 1

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 94

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : sweep

Eurasiatic : *šwxVjṗV

Afroasiatic : *cip- (somewhat different in ND 2102).

Austric : PAN *t'apu` sweep'

Reference : ND 2102, Peiros 1989, 129.

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *cip-

Meaning: sweep

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *sVp- 'rake up' 1, 'purify, refine' 2

Berber: *cVf- 'plane' (v.) 1, 'wash' 2

Western Chadic: *cVf- 'sweep' 1, 'take off the top layers of washed corn' 2, 'skim' 3 , 'broom,brush' 4

East Chadic: *sVp- 'remove foam' 1, 'foam' 2, 'sweep' 3

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1763

Proto-Semitic: *sVp-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'rake up' 1, 'purify, refine' 2

Hebrew: spy 1

Geʕez (Ethiopian): sff 2

Notes: Various formations based on biliteral *sVp-.

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *cVf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'plane' (v.) 1, 'wash' 2

Ayr: zafat 1

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ucuf 2

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *caf-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sweep' 1, 'take off the top layers of washed corn' 2, 'skim' 3 , 'broom,brush' 4

Hausa: c̣ā́fàče 2

Tangale: sasap 4 [JgT]

Diri: sǝfa 1 [SkNb]

Siri: cǝfu 1 [SkNb]

Ngizim: sǝ̀pú 3 , sà-spú 1 [ShN]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *sVp

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'remove foam' 1, 'foam' 2, 'sweep' 3

Dangla: sɔ́ppìyà 2 [Fd]

Bidiya: sep 1 [JBid]

Mokilko: síppè 3 [JMkk]

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