Where does “stinkan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “stinkan”, step by step

stinkan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan

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

via Proto-Germanic *stinkwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*stinkwan—

Words derived from “stinkan”

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