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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdrynċ—
2Proto-West Germanic*drunki—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drunki →