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Where does “deon” come from?

deon (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic dajjaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

deon (Old English): to suck

Definitions

  1. to suck

Ancestry of “deon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdajjanąto suck, suckle
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse
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