Where does “stank” come from?

stank (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic stankwiz, from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- — to push.

Ancestry of “stank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstankwizodor; fragrance; stench
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstengʷ-to push

Words derived from “stank”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic stankwiz →
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