Where does “hinkan” come from?

hinkan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hinkan, from Proto-Germanic hinkaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keng- — to limp, hobble; to tilt, be askew.

Ancestry of “hinkan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichinkanto limp, to hobble
2Proto-Germanichinkanąto limp, to hobble
3Proto-Indo-European(s)keng-to limp, hobble; to tilt, be askew

Words derived from “hinkan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)keng- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hinkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hinkan →