Where does “säugen” come from?

säugen (German) comes from Middle High German söugen, from Old High German sougen, from Proto-Germanic saugijaną, from Proto-Germanic sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

säugen (German): to lactate; to suckle, to give suck

Definitions

  1. to lactate; to suckle, to give suck

Ancestry of “säugen”, step by step

säugen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German söugen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansöugen—
2Old High Germansougen—
3Proto-Germanicsaugijanąto cause to suck, to suckle
4Proto-Germanicsūganąto suck; to suckle
5Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

via Middle High German sūgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansūgen—
2Old High Germansūganto suck
3Proto-West Germanicsūganto suck

Words derived from “säugen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sug- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sūganą →