Where does “drink” come from?

Drink comes from Middle English drynken, Old English drincan, Proto-Germanic drunkiz, and Proto-Indo-European dʰrenǵ- and dʰreg-, roots of uncertain ultimate meaning.

drink (English): To consume through the mouth; To consume the...

Definitions

  1. To consume through the mouth; To consume the...

Ancestry of “drink”, step by step

drink traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English drink

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdrink—
2Old Englishdrynċdrink; draught
3Proto-West Germanic*drunki—

via Proto-Germanic drinkaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdrinkanąto drink
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrenǵ-to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp; to pull;...

Words derived from “drink”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drunki →