sincan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to sink
Etymology
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
- 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
- senke Norwegian Bokmål
- synke Norwegian Bokmål
- *sankwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *sinkwaną Proto-Germanic
- sjunka Swedish
- søkka Norwegian Nynorsk
- besincan Old English
- gesincan Old English
- synken Middle English
- *sinkwa q, søkkva Old Norse
- sænkva Old Norse
- søkkva Old Norse
- synke Danish
- sökkva Icelandic
- sinc Welsh
- sinkan Old High German
- sinkar Ido
- søkka Faroese
- søkkja Faroese
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *sincan Old Dutch
- 鋅盆 Chinese
- sinkan Old Saxon
- siunka Old Swedish
- sinke Western Frisian
- sinka Old Frisian
- siunkæ Old Danish
- sikka Elfdalian