Where does “sincan” come from?

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

sincan (Old English): to sink

Definitions

  1. to sink

Ancestry of “sincan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sincan”

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