3250.
Greene
(David): Varia: III. 2. OIr.
sopp
; Faroese
soppur
; W
swp
.
In
Ériu 26
(1975), pp. 178–181.
Argues that Ir.
sop
is not a borrowing from ON
soppr
as stated in
DIL
but rather a borrowing from L
stuppa
through Brit-Lat. *
suppa
; Faroese
soppur
, Shetland
sipp
, W
swp
,
sypyn
are to be regarded as Viking age borrowings from Irish.
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Classifications:
C 3.4 Multilingualism, language contact: between Irish and Latin
D 1.3 Etymology (Individual)
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Words/Proper Names:
sop
sopp