Where does “sunk” come from?
Sunk comes from the past participle of Old English sincan, from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ-, meaning to sink or go down.
sunk (English): past participle of sink; past tense of sink
Definitions
- past participle of sink; past tense of sink
Ancestry of “sunk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *süŋük | bone |