stroop
Meaning
syrup, especially a viscous variety of syrup
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/stroːp/
Etymology
From siroop, apparently via an intermediate sroop [recorded once], in which a t was inserted to better fit Dutch phonology. For a similar insertion of t into sr compare Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“river, stream”) from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, run”).
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