English

self-suck

From self- + suck.

Formed from self- + suck

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

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 To drink one's own milk.

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

Etymograph / self-suck