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Where does “perwinke” come from?

perwinke (Middle English) comes from Old English perfince, from Latin pervinca, from Latin vinciō, from Proto-Indo-European wi-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Ancestry of “perwinke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishperfince—
2Latinpervinca—
3Latinvinciō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwi-n-k-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱ-to enter in; to settle; settlement
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

Words derived from “perwinke”

  • periwinkle
  • winkle
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