Proto-Germanic

*sūkaną

‘to suck’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *sūkaną.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną, most familiar first.

• suck ← souken ← sūcan ← *sūkan
• soak ← soken ← socian ← *sukōną
• sucker ← souker ← souken ← sūcan ← *sūkan
• soaking ← soukynge ← souken ← sūcan ← *sūkan
• honeysuckle ← honysokel ← honysoke ← huniġsūce ← huniġ
• sook ← sūcan ← *sūkan
• honeysuck ← honysoke ← huniġsūce ← huniġ ← sūcan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sūkaną