Where does “drink” come from?

drink (Swedish) comes from English drink, from Middle English drink, from Old English drynċ, from Proto-West Germanic *drunki.

drink (Swedish): drink; a alcoholic beverage

Definitions

  1. drink; a alcoholic beverage

Ancestry of “drink”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdrinkTo consume through the mouth; To consume the...
2Middle Englishdrink
3Old Englishdrynċdrink; draught
4Proto-West Germanic*drunki

Words derived from “drink

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *drunkiEvery word from Old English drynċEvery word from Middle English drink
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