drenchen
Middle English
/ˈdrɛntʃən/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To submerge; to place underwater:
- (intransitive) To be submerged or placed underwater.
- (transitive) To totally surround, surge, or submerge; to overpower.
- (intransitive) To be totally surrounded, surged, or submerged.
- (transitive) To provide with or offer a beverage.
- (intransitive) To consume or have a beverage.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English drenċan (drench, give to drink, give drink to, soak, make drunk, sink, plunge, saturate, submerge, ply with drink, drown) inherited from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną (cause to drink, drench).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*drankijaną
Gloss
cause to drink, drench
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedrench English
- bedrink English
- drench English
- drencher English
- drenching English
- drinkle English
- fordrench English
- indrench English
- *drankijaną Proto-Germanic
- *drenclian Old English
- adrencan Old English
- drencan Old English
- drenċan Old English
- fordrencan Old English
- geonddrencan Old English
- drekkja Old Norse
- trenken Old High German
- 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- drenken Old Dutch
- drenkian Old Saxon