Where does “Stank” come from?

Stank (German) comes from German stinken, from Middle High German stinken, from Old High German stinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, from Proto-Germanic stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- — to push.

Stank (German): stink, smell

Definitions

  1. stink, smell

Ancestry of “Stank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstinkento stink
2Middle High Germanstinken—
3Old High Germanstinkan—
4Proto-West Germanic*stinkwanto stink
5Proto-Germanicstinkwanąto hit; thrust; clash; to emit a smell; stink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstengʷ-to push

Words derived from “Stank”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- →