Where does “sūcan” come from?

sūcan (Old English) comes 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...

sūcan (Old English): to suck

Definitions

  1. to suck

Ancestry of “sūcan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sūcan”

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