Where does “suckling” come from?
Suckling comes from Old English -ung, a noun-forming suffix in Proto-Germanic -ungō, attached to the verb suckle.
suckling (English): An infant that is still being breastfed by its...
Definitions
- An infant that is still being breastfed by its...
Ancestry of “suckling”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | sukling | — |
| 2 | English | suck | An instance of drawing something into one's mouth... |
| 3 | Middle English | souken | To suck; to extract or draw with the mouth; To... |
| 4 | Old English | sūcan | to suck |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | sūkan | to suck; to suckle |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sūkaną | to suck; to suckle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sug- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |