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Where does “stinkan” come from?

stinkan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European stengʷ- — to push.

Ancestry of “stinkan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “stinkan”

  • stinken
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