Where does “drenk” come from?

drenk (Danish) comes from Middle Low German drinken, from Old Saxon drinkan, from Proto-West Germanic drinkan, from Proto-Germanic drinkaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrenǵ- — to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp; to pull;...

drenk (Danish): to drink

Definitions

  1. to drink

Ancestry of “drenk”, step by step

drenk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German drinken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germandrinkento drink
2Old Saxondrinkanto drink
3Proto-West Germanicdrinkanto drink
4Proto-Germanicdrinkanąto drink
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrenǵ-to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp; to pull;...

via Old Frisian drinka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiandrinkato drink
2Proto-Germanic*drinkan—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrenǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drinkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drinkan →