Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo consume (a liquid) through the mouth. · To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.). · To consume alcoholic beverages. · To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
Inherited from Middle English drynken, drinken, from Old English drincan (“to drink, swallow up, engulf”), from Proto-West Germanic *drinkan, from Proto-Germanic *drinkaną (“to drink”), of uncertain origin; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp”), nasalised variant of *dʰreǵ- (“to draw, glide”). Cognates include German trinken, Norwegian Bokmål drikke, and Italian trincare. Cognates Cognate with Yola drink (“to drink”), North Frisian drank, drainke, drink, drinke (“to drink”), West Frisian drinke (“to drink”), Alemannic German trénge, trenhu, trinche, tringhien, trinke (“to drink”), Bavarian dringa, trinckn, trinkhn, trinkn (“to drink”), Cimbrian trinkan, trinkhan (“to drink”), Dutch and Low German drinken (“to drink”), German and Mòcheno trinken (“to drink”), Luxembourgish drénken (“to drink”), Yiddish טרינקען (trinken, “to drink”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål drikke (“to drink”), Elfdalian drikka (“to drink”), Faroese and Icelandic drekka (“to drink”), Jutish drenk (“to drink”), Norwegian Nynorsk drikka, drikke (“to drink”), Swedish dricka (“to drink”), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan, “to drink”), Vandalic drincan (“to drink”), French trinquer (“to booze, drink alcohol”), Italian trincare (“to knock back (a drink)”), Spanish trincar (“to get drunk”).
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- Inherited-form mentiondrynkenenm
- Inherited-form mentiondrincanang · to drink, swallow up, engulf
- Inherited-form mention*drinkangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*drinkanągem-pro · to drink
- Derivation mention*dʰrenǵ-ine-pro · to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp
- Cognate mentiontrinkende
- Cognate mentiondrikkenb
- Cognate mentiontrincareit
- Cognate mentiondrinkyol · to drink
- Cognate mentiondrankfrr
- Cognate mentiondrinkefy · to drink
- Cognate mentiontréngegsw
- Cognate mentiondringabar
- Cognate mentiontrinkancim
- Cognate mentiondrénkenlb · to drink
- Cognate mentionטרינקעןyi · to drink
- Cognate mentiondrikkaovd · to drink
- Cognate mentiondrenkjut · to drink
- Cognate mentiondrikkann
- Cognate mentiondrickasv · to drink
- Cognate mention𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽got · to drink
- Cognate mentiondrincanxvn · to drink
- Cognate mentiontrinquerfr · to booze, drink alcohol
- Cognate mentiontrincareit · to knock back (a drink)
- Cognate mentiontrincares · to get drunk
This page abbreviates 6 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.",
"To consume the liquid contained within (a bottle, glass, etc.).",
"To consume alcoholic beverages.",
"To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe."
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