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deon

deon

Old English

Verb

dēon

  1. to suck

Conjugation

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dajjaną ‎(“to suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‎(“to suck milk; to suckle”). Akin to Old High German tāen ‎(“to suck”) (Middle High German tīen, dīen ‎(“to suck, suckle”), Old Swedish däggja, dīa ‎(“to suck”) (Danish die ‎(“to suck”)), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(daddjan, “suckle”), Old English delu ‎(“nipple”), Old English dā ‎(“doe”).

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