Proto-Indo-European

*sewg-

‘to be troubled or grieved’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *sewg-.

11 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, most familiar first.

• sick ← sik ← sēoc ← *seuk ← *seukaz
• suck ← souken ← sūcan ← *sūkan ← *sūkaną
• suction ← sūctiō ← sūctus ← sūgō ← *sougō
• succulent ← sūculentus ← sūcus ← *soukos
• prosciutto ← asciutto ← *perexsūctus ← exsūctus ← exsūgō
• succinic ← succinum ← sūcinum ← sūcus ← *soukos
• suggilate ← suggillo ← sūgō ← *sougō ← *séwgeti
• succus ← sūcus ← *soukos
• suggillation ← suggillatio ← suggillo ← sūgō ← *sougō
• sugescent ← sūgō ← *sougō ← *séwgeti
• succinous ← sūcinum ← sūcus ← *soukos

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sewg-