Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *srobh- / *srebh-, *sorbh- / *serbh-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to gulp

Armenian: aor. arbi `ich trank', arb `Zechgelage'

Old Greek: rhophéō, ion. rhüphéō, rhümphánō, va. rhoptó- (Hp. ap. Gal.) `schlürfen, schlucken', rhópho-s `Brühe, dicker Trank', rhómma n. `dicke Brühe, Suppe' (Hp. ap. Gal.)

Slavic: *sьrbātī, *sьrbljǭ; *serbātī

Baltic: *srē̃b- (sreb-ja-) vb. tr., *sreb-ā̂ f., *sreb-al-a- c.; *sreub-/sraub- (-ja-) vb. tr., *srüb- vb. intr.; *sur̃b- (-ja-) vb. tr.

Germanic: *surf-il-ōn-, *surp=il-ōn- vb.

Latin: sorbeō, -ēre, -uī, -itum; sorbō, -ere, -psī, -ptum `einschlürfen, verschlucken'

Celtic: *sr[o]bu- > MIr srub `Schnauze'

Albanian: ǵerp `ich schlürfe', ǵerbɛ `Tropfen'

Russ. meaning: хлебать

References: WP II 704