Where does “skūpstīšana” come from?

skūpstīšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian skūpstīt, from Latvian sūkstīt, from Latvian sūkt — to suck; to absorb, to pump; to sip; to smoke.

skūpstīšana (Latvian): kissing; verbal noun of skūpstīt

Definitions

  1. kissing; verbal noun of skūpstīt

Ancestry of “skūpstīšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianskūpstītto kiss
2Latviansūkstītto suck repeatedly
3Latviansūktto suck; to absorb, to pump; to sip; to smoke
Every word from Latvian sūkt →Every word from Latvian sūkstīt →Every word from Latvian skūpstīt →