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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūkaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (“to suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *su-, *sew- (“juice, sap”). Cognate with Latin sūgō (“suck”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sūkaną[1][2]

  1. to suck
  2. to suckle

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *sūkan
    • Old English: sūcan
    • Old Dutch: *sūcan
      • Middle Dutch: suken
        • Dutch: zuiken (dialectal or obsolete)
        • Limburgish: zuken, zoeken

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sūgan- ~ *sūkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 489-490
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sūkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 388-389
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