Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “sinkwan”

50 words across 16 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic sinkwan — including sink, sunk, sinking, sinker, countersink, unsinkable, sinkage, sinketh.

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English (25)

Dutch (5)

German (5)

West Frisian (2)

Russian (2)

Old Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Ido (1)

Chinese (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Welsh (1)

Old English (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)