stroop

Meaning

syrup, especially a viscous variety of syrup

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Frequency

C2
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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