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Middle English
verb
Definitions
- to sink (to embed)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sincan 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
- sink English
- sinken German
- *sengʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *sankwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sinkwaną Proto-Germanic
- besincan Old English
- gesincan Old English
- sincan Old English
- *sinkwa q, søkkva Old Norse
- sænkva Old Norse
- søkkva Old Norse
- sinkan Old High German
- 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sincan Old Dutch
- sinkan Old Saxon
- sinka Old Frisian