Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “stincan” come from?

stincan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- — to push.

Ancestry of “stincan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicstinkwanąto hit; thrust; clash; to emit a smell; stink
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstengʷ-to push

Words derived from “stincan”

  • stinknormal
  • stinklangweilig
  • Stinktier
  • stinkreich
  • stinken
  • stinkfaul
  • stinken
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