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Where does “sank” come from?
sank (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish sank, from Middle Low German in sank.
sank
(Swedish): marshy
Definitions
marshy
Ancestry of “sank”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Swedish
sank
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2
Middle Low German
in sank
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Words derived from “sank”
sankhet
sankmark
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