Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūkaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *sug-, *suk- (“to suck”), from Proto-Indo-European *su-, *sew- (“juice, sap”). Cognate with Latin sūgō (“suck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.kɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*sūkaną

1. to suck
2. to suckle

Inflection

Conjugation of *sūkaną (strong class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sūkō	*sūkaų	—	*sūkai	?
2nd singular	*sūkizi	*sūkaiz	*sūk	*sūkazai	*sūkaizau
3rd singular	*sūkidi	*sūkai	*sūkadau	*sūkadai	*sūkaidau
1st dual	*sūkōz	*sūkaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*sūkadiz	*sūkaidiz	*sūkadiz	—	—
1st plural	*sūkamaz	*sūkaim	—	*sūkandai	*sūkaindau
2nd plural	*sūkid	*sūkaid	*sūkid	*sūkandai	*sūkaindau
3rd plural	*sūkandi	*sūkain	*sūkandau	*sūkandai	*sūkaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*sauk	*sukį̄
2nd singular	*sauht	*sukīz
3rd singular	*sauk	*sukī
1st dual	*sukū	*sukīw
2nd dual	*sukudiz	*sukīdiz
1st plural	*sukum	*sukīm
2nd plural	*sukud	*sukīd
3rd plural	*sukun	*sukīn
	present	past
participles	*sūkandz	*sukanaz

Related terms

• *sukōną
• *sūganą

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *sūkan
  • Old English: sūcan
    • Middle English: souken, suken
      • Scots: souke, souk
      • English: suck
  • Old Dutch: *sūcan
    • Middle Dutch: suken
      • Dutch: zuiken (dialectal or obsolete)
      • Limburgish: zuken, zoeken