zopie

Dutch

Etymology

Diminutive from Middle Dutch sope, from Old Dutch *sopo, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *supô. Doublet of soep, which via French ultimately derives from the same Germanic word of which zopie represents the directly inherited form (albeit with diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzoː.pi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zo‧pie
  • Rhymes: -oːpi

Noun

zopie n (uncountable)

  1. a heated and spiced alcohol beverage made of beer, rum and eggs that was sold and drunk during ice skating in early modern times

Derived terms

  • koek-en-zopie

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: sopi
  • Negerhollands: soopi, soopie, soopje, sopi, supi
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: sopi (dated)
  • Petjo: sopi
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: sopi, soapé
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sopi
  • → Sranan Tongo: sopi
    • → Lokono: supi
    • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: sopi
    • → Saramaccan: sópi, adjobí
  • → Warao: sobi
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