suckling
English
noun
Definitions
- An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
- A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sukling suffix from English suck.
Origin
English
suck
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allosuck English
- allosuckling English
- honeysuck English
- honeysuckle English
- insuck English
- intersuck English
- self-suck English
- succ English
- suck English
- suck-pint English
- suckability English
- suckable English
- suckage English
- suckboy English
- sucker English
- suckest English
- sucketh English
- suckfest English
- suckfish English
- suckhole English
- suckitude English
- suckle English
- suckless English
- suckly English
- suckstone English
- sucktacular English
- sucktastic English
- suckup English
- suckworthy English
- sucky English
- sux0r English
- timesuck English
- upsuck English
- wheelsuck English
- sūgere Latin
- Säugling German
- Säuglingssterblichkeit German
- zuigeling Dutch, Flemish
- zuigelingensterfte Dutch, Flemish
- zuigen Dutch, Flemish
- souken Middle English
- sukling Middle English
- sökka Icelandic
- suck-suck Jamaican Creole