An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/säugen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

säugen

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry säugen.

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2529247An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — säugenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

säugen, verb, ‘to suckle,’ from the equivalent Middle High German söugen, Old High German sougen, properly ‘to cause to suck’; a factitive of sûgan; see saugen. Gothic *saugjan is wanting.