Where does “zusammensinken” come from?

zusammensinken (German) comes from German sinken, from Middle High German sinken, from Old High German sinkan, from Proto-West Germanic sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- — to sink; to fall; to drop.

zusammensinken (German): to collapse, sink down

Definitions

  1. to collapse, sink down

Ancestry of “zusammensinken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansinkento sink; to submerge; to set; to fall from the...
2Middle High Germansinkento sink (intransitive)
3Old High Germansinkanto sink
4Proto-West Germanicsinkwanto sink
5Proto-Germanicsinkwanąto sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeansengʷ-to sink; to fall; to drop
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sinkwan →