sinken
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to sink in water
- (intransitive) to drop, to go down
- (intransitive) to collapse
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *sincan inherited from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (sink) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (sink, fall, drop).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*sengʷ-
Gloss
sink, fall, drop
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sinken German
- afzinken Dutch, Flemish
- bezinken Dutch, Flemish
- ontzinken Dutch, Flemish
- verzinken Dutch, Flemish
- zinken Dutch, Flemish
- zinkgat Dutch, Flemish
- zinklood Dutch, Flemish
- *sengʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sankwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sinkwaną Proto-Germanic
- sincan Old English
- *sinkwa q, søkkva Old Norse
- sænkva Old Norse
- søkkva Old Norse
- sinkan Old High German
- sink Afrikaans
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sincan Old Dutch
- sinkan Old Saxon
- sinka Old Frisian