Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “souken” come from?

souken (Middle English) comes from Old English sūcan, from Proto-West Germanic sūkan, from Proto-Germanic sūkaną, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

souken (Middle English): To suck; to extract or draw with the mouth; To...

Definitions

  1. To suck; to extract or draw with the mouth; To...

Ancestry of “souken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “souken”

  • socks
  • sucking
  • suck
  • sock
  • sucker
  • cocksucker
  • bloodsucking
  • bloodsucker
  • sucky
  • windsock
  • goatsucker
  • sapsucker
  • sockless
  • cocksucking
  • thumbsucking
  • suckerfish
  • sucketh
  • suckable
  • suckerlike
  • suckermouth
  • windsucking
  • suckup
  • sockdolager
  • suckiness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sew- →