Where does “antikink” come from?

antikink (English) comes from English kink, from Middle English kinken, from Old English cincian, from Proto-West Germanic kinkōn, from Proto-Germanic kinkōną, from Proto-Indo-European ganǵ- — to mock, insult.

antikink (English): A negative 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon...

Definitions

  1. A negative 1-soliton solution to the Sine–Gordon...

Ancestry of “antikink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkinkTo laugh loudly; To gasp for breath as in a...
2Middle Englishkinken—
3Old Englishcincianto laugh loudly; cackle
4Proto-West Germanickinkōn—
5Proto-Germanickinkōnąto laugh loudly, kink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanganǵ-to mock, insult
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ganǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kinkōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kinkōn →