Where does “sjúga” come from?

sjúga (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

sjúga (Icelandic): to suck

Definitions

  1. to suck

Ancestry of “sjúga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesúgato suck
2Proto-Germanicsūganąto suck; to suckle
3Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

Words derived from “sjúga”

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