English

insuck

Insuck comes from Middle English insouken.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Earliest quotation: 1905, William Baucke: “The first course was soup, and as the younger…”

Formed from in- + suck

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *sewg-

Proto-Germanic *sūkaną ‘to suck’

Proto-West Germanic *sūkan ‘to suck’

Old English sūcan ‘to suck’

Middle English souken ‘to breastfeed’

English suck

Every English word from Middle English insouken

verb To suck in; inhale; absorb; soak up.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.