Where does “sinken” come from?

sinken (Middle High German) comes from Old High German sinkan, from Proto-West Germanic sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- — to sink; to fall; to drop.

sinken (Middle High German): to sink (intransitive)

Definitions

  1. to sink (intransitive)

Ancestry of “sinken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sinken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sinkwan →