Where does “DINK” come from?

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

DINK (English): double income, no kids - a childless couple with...

Definitions

  1. double income, no kids - a childless couple with...

Ancestry of “DINK”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrinkTo consume through the mouth; To consume the...
2Middle Englishdrink
3Old Englishdrynċdrink; draught
4Proto-West Germanic*drunki

Words derived from “DINK

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drunki
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