English
sook
Sook comes from Old English sūcan ‘to suck’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *suk-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suk-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sūkaną‘to suck’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sūkan‘to suck’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sūcan‘to suck’
- Englishearliest quotation 1832sook
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*suk-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sūkaną‘to suck’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sūkan‘to suck’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sūcan‘to suck’
- Englishearliest quotation 1832sook
Earliest quotation: 1832, Scottish proverbs: “Ae hour's cauld will sook out seven years' heat.”
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *sūkaną ‘to suck’
through Proto-West Germanic *sūkan ‘to suck’
through Old English sūcan ‘to suck’
Another origin of sook
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ṣ́yḳ-reconstructed
- Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEsiāqumtransliteratedcuneiform siāqum, a transliteration
- Akkadian, derivedc. 2500–100 BCE sūqumtransliteratedcuneiform sūqum, a transliteration‘street’
- Aramaicc. 1000 BCE–700 CEשׁוּקָאšūqā’
- Arabicc. 500–presentسُوقsūq‘market’
- Englishtodaysook
Today it means
verb —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *suk- / sook