Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To weep with convulsive gasps. · To say (something) while sobbing.
noun
A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath. · The sound of sob.
intj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn exclamation of usually mild displeasure.
From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”). Cognate with West Frisian sabje, sobje (“to suck”), Dutch zabben, sabbelen (“to suck”), zabberen (“to drool”), German Low German sabbeln, severn (“to drool”), German sabbern (“to drool, slobber”), Norwegian sabbe (“to spill, drop, make a mess”). Compare also Old English sēofian (“to lament”), German saufen (“to drink, swig”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsobbenenm
- Derivation mentionsabbengml · to drool, slobber, salivate
- Cognate mentionsabjefy
- Cognate mentionzabbennl
- Cognate mentionsabbernde · to drool, slobber
- Cognate mentionsabbeno · to spill, drop, make a mess
- Cognate mentionsēofianang · to lament
- Cognate mentionsaufende · to drink, swig
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