Where does “drink” come from?

drink (Danish) comes from English drink, from Middle English drink, from Old English drynċ, from Proto-West Germanic *drunki.

drink (Danish): drink; a alcoholic beverage

Definitions

  1. drink; a alcoholic beverage

Ancestry of “drink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrinkTo consume through the mouth; To consume the...
2Middle Englishdrink—
3Old Englishdrynċdrink; draught
4Proto-West Germanic*drunki—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drunki →Every word from Old English drynċ →Every word from Middle English drink →