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Where does “drinke” come from?
drinke (Middle English) comes from Old English drynċ, from Proto-West Germanic *drunki.
Ancestry of “drinke”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
drynċ
drink; draught
2
Proto-West Germanic
*drunki
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Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drunki →
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