Where does “sacken” come from?

sacken (Middle Low German) comes from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- — to sink; to fall; to drop.

Ancestry of “sacken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsinkwanąto sink
2Proto-Indo-Europeansengʷ-to sink; to fall; to drop

Words derived from “sacken”

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