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Where does “bedrink” come from?

bedrink (English) comes from Middle English bedrinken, from Old English bedrincan, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.

bedrink (English): To drink in; drink up; drink to the fullest; to...

Definitions

  1. To drink in; drink up; drink to the fullest; to...

Ancestry of “bedrink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbedrinken—
2Old Englishbedrincanto drink in, drink up, absorb
3Old Englishbe-a productive prefix usually used to form verbs...
4Old Englishhrōpanto shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry...
5Proto-West Germanichrōpanto cry out, to call, to shout
6Proto-Germanichrōpanąto cry out, call, shout
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

Words derived from “bedrink”

  • bedrunken
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