Etymograph

English

intersuck

From inter- + suck.

Formed from inter- + suck

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

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

Today it means

verb Of cows: to engage in the abnormal behaviour of suckling each other's teats.

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

Etymograph / intersuck