myEtymology.com: English etymology of mudsucker

Etymology of the English word mudsucker

the English word mudsucker

derived from the English word mud

derived from the Low German word mudde

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *mud-

derived from the English word sucker

derived from the English word suck

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *seuə-

using the English suffix -er

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-arjaz

using the Latin suffix -arius (-ar)