Re: Baby/infant

Hi!

caeruleancentaur writes:
> Hi!
> I'm looking for a word for "baby/infant" in a natlang that has not
> evolved from "indistinct speech" (baba > baby) or from "not speaking"
> (in-fans > infant).  Does anyone know of such?
>...
German 'Säugling' is from vt. 'säugen', 'to breast-feed', + '-ling'.
(BTW, vt. 'säugen' is the (lexicalised) causative of vi. 'saugen',
'to suck').

According to my dictionary, English also has 'suckling'.

**Henrik