The story
- Old English · inherited fromhuniġsūce
- Middle English · inherited fromhonysoke
- English todayhoneysuck
From Middle English honysoke, from Old English huniġsūce, huniġsūge; equivalent to honey + suck.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishhonysoke all →
honeysuckle
Old Englishhuniġsūce all →
honeysuckle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.