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Where does “sugan” come from?

sugan (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...

sugan (Old English): to suck

Definitions

  1. to suck

Ancestry of “sugan”, 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...

Words derived from “sugan”

  • socks
  • sucking
  • suck
  • sock
  • sucker
  • cocksucker
  • bloodsucking
  • bloodsucker
  • sucky
  • windsock
  • goatsucker
  • sapsucker
  • sockless
  • cocksucking
  • thumbsucking
  • suckerfish
  • sucketh
  • suckable
  • suckerlike
  • suckermouth
  • windsucking
  • suckup
  • sockdolager
  • suckiness
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