synke
Danish
/sønkə/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to sink, go down
- (intransitive) to decline, fall
- (transitive) to swallow
Etymology
Derived from Old Danish siunkæ derived from Old Norse *sinkwa q, søkkva (west, east skkva q) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (sink).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sinkwaną
Gloss
sink
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisink English
- countersink English
- sink English
- sinkable English
- sinkage English
- sinkant English
- sinker English
- sinkest English
- sinketh English
- sinkful English
- sinkhole English
- sinkless English
- sinklike English
- sinkroom English
- sinkward English
- sinkwater English
- sinky English
- unsinkability English
- unsinkable English
- absinken German
- sinken German
- untersinken German
- *sengʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sankwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sinkwaną Proto-Germanic
- sjunka Swedish
- besincan Old English
- gesincan Old English
- sincan Old English
- synken Middle English
- *sinkwa q, søkkva Old Norse
- sænkva Old Norse
- søkkva Old Norse
- sænke Danish
- sinc Welsh
- sinkan Old High German
- sinkar Ido
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sincan Old Dutch
- 鋅盆 Chinese
- sinkan Old Saxon
- siunka Old Swedish
- sinka Old Frisian
- siunkæ Old Danish
- sænckæ Old Danish