Where does “drinken” come from?

drinken (Middle English) comes from Old English drincan, from Proto-West Germanic drinkan, from Proto-Germanic drinkaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrenǵ- — to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp; to pull;...

drinken (Middle English): to drink

Definitions

  1. to drink

Ancestry of “drinken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdrincanto drink
2Proto-West Germanicdrinkanto drink
3Proto-Germanicdrinkanąto drink
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrenǵ-to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp; to pull;...

Words derived from “drinken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰrenǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic drinkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic drinkan →