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Where does “sink-” come from?

sink- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European senk-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “sink-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansenk-to burn
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “sink-”

  • sīka
  • sīknauda
  • sīks
  • sīkums
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →