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Where does “sink” come from?

sink (Mauritian Creole) comes from Mauritian Creole senk, from French cinq, from Middle French cinq, from Old French cinc, from Vulgar Latin cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

sink (Mauritian Creole): Alternative spelling of senk

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of senk

Ancestry of “sink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mauritian Creolesenkfive
2Frenchcinqfive
3Middle Frenchcinqfive
4Old Frenchcincfive
5Vulgar Latincinquefive
6Latinquīnque—
7Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →