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sijpelen.

to trickle, to seep

8 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈsɛi̯.pə.lə(n)/
  1. to trickle, to seep

Where this word comes from

A frequentative with suffix -elen of early modern sijpen (“to drip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīpan, from Middle Dutch sīpen, from Proto-Germanic *sīpaną (compare English seep), from Proto-Indo-European *seib, *sib- (“to pour out, drip, trickle”) (compare Latin sēbum (“suet, tallow”), Ancient Greek εἴβω (eíbō, “to drop, drip”)).

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