Where does “sucking” come from?
Sucking comes from Middle English souken, from Old English sūcan, from Proto-Germanic sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, ultimately from the root sew-.
sucking (English): present participle of suck; An act of sucking; A...
Definitions
- present participle of suck; An act of sucking; A...
Ancestry of “sucking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suck | An instance of drawing something into one's mouth... |
| 2 | Middle English | souken | To suck; to extract or draw with the mouth; To... |
| 3 | Old English | sūcan | to suck |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | sūkan | to suck; to suckle |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sūkaną | to suck; to suckle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sug- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |