Where does “sūgan” come from?

sūgan (Old English) comes 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...

sūgan (Old English): to suck

Definitions

  1. to suck

Ancestry of “sūgan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsūganto suck
2Proto-Germanicsūganąto suck; to suckle
3Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
4Proto-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 Proto-Germanic sūganą →