stynken
Middle English
/ˈstinkən/
verb
Definitions
- To emit a smell or stench; to stink almost always an unpleasant smell
- To be morally indefensible or wrong; to be totally detestable or loathable.
- (rare) To (be able to) detect or discern a displeasing scent or smell.
- (rare) To produce or create a displeasing scent, stench or smell.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English stincan inherited from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną (stink).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*stinkwaną
Gloss
stink
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stinking English
- *stengʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *stinkwandz Proto-Germanic
- *stinkwaną Proto-Germanic
- stinka Swedish
- gestincan Old English
- stincan Old English
- stincende Old English
- stinken, stynken Middle English
- stynkynge Middle English
- støkkva Old Norse
- stökkva Icelandic
- stinkan Old High German
- 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- stincan Old Dutch
- stinkan Old Saxon