Where does “sinke” come from?

sinke (Hunsrik) comes 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.

sinke (Hunsrik): to sink

Definitions

  1. to sink

Ancestry of “sinke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansinkento sink (intransitive)
2Old High Germansinkanto sink
3Proto-West Germanicsinkwanto sink
4Proto-Germanicsinkwanąto sink
5Proto-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 →