An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/saugen

by Friedrich Kluge

saugen, vb., ‘to suck, absorb,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sûgen, OHG. sûgan; Du. zuigen, MidLG. sûgen, AS. sûgan (also sûcan, E. to suck), OIc. súga have the same meaning; Goth. *sûgan, *sûkan are by chance not recorded. Teut. root sū́g (sū̆k), from pre-Teut. sū̆k (sū̆g); comp. Lat. sûgere, Lett. sūzu (sūkt), ‘to suck,’ OIr. súgim (also OSlov. sŭsą, sŭsati, ‘I suck’?).