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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sukkōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *suḱnéh₂-, a zero-grade iterative to Proto-Indo-European *sewḱ- (to suck). The verb(s) *sūkaną/*sūganą ("to suck") very likely represent a back-formation from the iterative, as the expected outcome from inheritance would be *seuhaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuk.kɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sukkōną

  1. to suck

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, *sukk- against *sug-.

Descendants

  • Old English: socian
  • German: sucken (dialectal)

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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