Where does “drinking” come from?
Drinking derives from English drink, from Middle English drynken, from Old English drincan, from Proto-Germanic drunkiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrenǵ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreg-.
drinking (English): present participle of drink; An act or session by...
Definitions
- present participle of drink; An act or session by...
Ancestry of “drinking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | drinken | — |
| 2 | Old English | drincan | to drink |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | drinkan | to drink |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | drinkaną | to drink |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrenǵ- | to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp; to pull;... |
Words derived from “drinking”