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Where does “sinkwan” come from?

sinkwan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sengʷ- — to sink; to fall; to drop.

sinkwan (Proto-West Germanic): to sink

Definitions

  1. to sink

Ancestry of “sinkwan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsinkwanąto sink
2Proto-Indo-Europeansengʷ-to sink; to fall; to drop

Words derived from “sinkwan”

  • sink
  • sunk
  • sinking
  • sinker
  • countersink
  • unsinkable
  • sinkage
  • sinketh
  • sinkest
  • sinkful
  • sinkable
  • unsinkability
  • unsunk
  • sinkerball
  • diesinker
  • unsinking
  • sinkerballer
  • nonsinkable
  • diesinking
  • sinkwater
  • sinklike
  • sinkless
  • antisink
  • sinkward
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