Where does “unkink” come from?
unkink (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.
unkink (English): To remove the kinks from
Ancestry of “unkink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | kink | To laugh loudly; To gasp for breath as in a... |
| 2 | Middle English | kinken | — |
| 3 | Old English | cincian | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kinkōn | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kinkōną | to laugh loudly, kink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ganǵ- | to mock, insult |