Where does “sugmärke” come from?

sugmärke (Swedish) comes from Swedish suga, from Old Swedish sūgha, from Old Norse súga, from Proto-Germanic sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European sug-, from Proto-Indo-European sew- — to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

sugmärke (Swedish): a love bite, a hickey

Definitions

  1. a love bite, a hickey

Ancestry of “sugmärke”, step by step

sugmärke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish suga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsugacarpet bugle, plants in the genus Ajuga; to suck;...
2Old Swedishsūghato suck
3Old Norsesúgato suck
4Proto-Germanicsūganąto suck; to suckle
5Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

via Swedish märke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishmärkemark, brand, make; stigma
2Old Swedishmærki—
3Old Norsemerkiboundary
4Proto-Germanicmarkōborder, boundary; region, area
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmorǵ-edge, boundary, border; frontier, border
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