Where does “sinken” come from?

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

sinken (Middle Dutch): to sink; to drop, to go down; to collapse

Definitions

  1. to sink; to drop, to go down; to collapse

Ancestry of “sinken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsincanto sink
2Proto-West Germanicsinkwanto sink
3Proto-Germanicsinkwanąto sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeansengʷ-to sink; to fall; to drop

Words derived from “sinken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sinkwan →
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