English
honeysucker
From honey + sucker.
Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks
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Proto-Germanic *hunagą
Proto-West Germanic *hunag
Old English huniġ
Middle English hony
English honey
Proto-Indo-European *su-
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Proto-West Germanic *sūkan ‘to suck’
Old English sūcan ‘to suck’
Middle English souken ‘to breastfeed’
Middle English souker ‘a breastfeeder’
English sucker
Today it means
noun Any of the sunbirds.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / honeysucker