stinken

Middle Dutch

verb
Definitions
  • to stink, to smell bad
  • to be abhorrent

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch stincan inherited from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną (stink).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*stinkwaną

Gloss

stink

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