Where does “sugen” come from?

sugen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sūgan, from Proto-West Germanic sūgan, from Proto-Germanic sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

sugen (Middle Dutch): to suck; to suck from, to suckle from; to suck,...

Definitions

  1. to suck; to suck from, to suckle from; to suck,...

Ancestry of “sugen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsūganto suck
2Proto-West Germanicsūganto suck
3Proto-Germanicsūganąto suck; to suckle
4Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

Words derived from “sugen”

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