Where does “stincan” come from?

stincan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, from Proto-Germanic stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- — to push.

stincan (Old English): to smell; to stink

Definitions

  1. to smell; to stink

Ancestry of “stincan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*stinkwanto stink
2Proto-Germanicstinkwanąto hit; thrust; clash; to emit a smell; stink
3Proto-Indo-Europeanstengʷ-to push

Words derived from “stincan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stinkwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan →