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suckle (v.)
c. 1400, perhaps a causative or frequentative form of Middle English
suken
"to suck" (see
suck
), but OED suggests instead a back-formation from
suckling
(though this word is attested only from mid-15c.). Related:
Suckled
;
suckling
.
