Where does “senken” come from?

senken (German) comes from Old High German senken, from Proto-Germanic sankwijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

senken (German): to lower

Definitions

  1. to lower

Ancestry of “senken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansenken—
2Proto-Germanicsankwijanąto cause to sink
3Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “senken”

Every word from Chichewa iye →