Where does “xxuga” come from?

xxuga (Maltese) comes from Italian asciugare, from Latin exsūcāre, from Latin sūcus, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

xxuga (Maltese): to blot, to dry with a blotting paper

Definitions

  1. to blot, to dry with a blotting paper

Ancestry of “xxuga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianasciugareto dry, to wipe, to mop
2Latinexsūcāre—
3Latinsūcusjuice
4Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sug- →Every word from Latin sūcus →