Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “sengʷ-”

103 words across 29 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- — including sink, sunk, sinking, sinker, countersink, unsinkable, sinkage, sinketh.

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English (25)

Old Armenian (12)

German (11)

Armenian (9)

Dutch (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

West Frisian (2)

Swedish (2)

Old High German (2)

Faroese (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Proto-Indo-European (2)

Russian (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Old Frisian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Elfdalian (1)

Ido (1)

Chinese (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Welsh (1)

Old English (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- — 103 descendants | Etymology Explorer