Where does “synken” come from?

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

synken (Middle English): to sink (to embed)

Definitions

  1. to sink (to embed)

Ancestry of “synken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “synken”

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