Where does “wink” come from?
wink (German) comes from German winken, from Middle High German winken, from Old High German winken, from Proto-West Germanic winkijan, from Proto-West Germanic winkōn, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
wink (German): singular imperative of winken; first-person...
Definitions
- singular imperative of winken; first-person...
Ancestry of “wink”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | winken | to wave; to beckon |
| 2 | Middle High German | winken | — |
| 3 | Old High German | winken | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | winkijan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | winkōn | to blink, wink, close one's eyes; to wave, nod |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |