Where does “זויגן” come from?

זויגן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German sūgen, from Old High German sūgan, 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...

זויגן (Yiddish): to suck; to suckle

Definitions

  1. to suck; to suckle

Ancestry of “זויגן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansūgen—
2Old High Germansūganto suck
3Proto-West Germanicsūganto suck
4Proto-Germanicsūganąto suck; to suckle
5Proto-Indo-Europeansug-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansew-to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to...

Words derived from “זויגן”

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