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Where does “insucking” come from?

insucking (English) comes from English sucking, from English suck, from Middle English souken, from Old English sūcan, from Proto-West Germanic sūkan, from Proto-Germanic sūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

insucking (English): A sucking inward

Definitions

  1. A sucking inward

Ancestry of “insucking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsuckingpresent participle of suck; An act of sucking; A...
2EnglishsuckAn instance of drawing something into one's mouth...
3Middle EnglishsoukenTo suck; to extract or draw with the mouth; To...
4Old Englishsūcanto suck
5Proto-West Germanicsūkanto suck; to suckle
6Proto-Germanicsūkanąto suck; to suckle
7Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
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