Where does “stinken” come from?

stinken (German) comes 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.

stinken (German): to stink

Definitions

  1. to stink

Ancestry of “stinken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stinken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- →