An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/säugen

An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
säugen
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säugen, vb., ‘to suckle,’ from the equiv. MidHG. söugen, OHG. sougen, prop. ‘to cause to suck’; a factitive of sûgan; see saugen. Goth. *saugjan is wanting.