Where does “sinke” come from?

sinke (Danish) comes from German zinken, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

sinke (Danish): Person, especially (school) children, who is lacking in intelligence compared to their peers

Definitions

  1. Person, especially (school) children, who is lacking in intelligence compared to their peers

Ancestry of “sinke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzinkenzinc; mark; mark by giving a...
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “sinke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from German -en →Every word from Proto-Germanic -īnaz →