Where does “Stank” come from?

Stank (German Low German) comes from Old Saxon stank.

Stank (German Low German): stink; stench; smell

Definitions

  1. stink; stench; smell

Ancestry of “Stank”, step by step

Stank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon stank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonstank

via Middle Low German stank

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanstank
Every word from Old Saxon stank