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Where does “drinkki” come from?

drinkki (Finnish) comes from English drink, from Middle English drink, from Old English drynċ, from Proto-West Germanic *drunki.

drinkki (Finnish): drink , cocktail

Definitions

  1. drink , cocktail

Ancestry of “drinkki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrinkTo consume through the mouth; To consume the...
2Middle Englishdrink—
3Old Englishdrynċ—
4Proto-West Germanic*drunki—

Words derived from “drinkki”

  • drinkkilasi
  • alkudrinkki
  • drinkkibaari
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drunki →