Where does “soak” come from?
Soak comes from Middle English soken, from Old English socian, from Proto-Germanic sukōną and sūkaną, tracing back to Proto-Indo-European roots sug- and sew-.
soak (English): To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in...
Definitions
- To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in...
Ancestry of “soak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | soken | Alternative form of souken |
| 2 | Old English | socian | to soak, steep |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sukōną | to soak |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sūkaną | to suck; to suckle |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sug- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |
Words derived from “soak”