Where does “sink” come from?

sink (Réunion Creole French) comes from French cinq, from Middle French cinq, from Old French cinc, from Vulgar Latin cinque, from Latin quīnque, from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

sink (Réunion Creole French): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “sink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcinqfive
2Middle Frenchcinqfive
3Old Frenchcincfive
4Vulgar Latincinquefive
5Latinquīnquefive; 5
6Proto-Italickʷenkʷefive
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷenkʷe →Every word from Latin quīnque →