Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A basin used for holding water for washing. · A drain for carrying off wastewater. · A sinkhole. · A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. · To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight. · To push (something) into something. · To make by digging or delving.
From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”). Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
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- Root classification mention*sengʷ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionsynkenenm
- Derivation mentionsincanang
- Derivation mention*sinkwangmw-pro
- Derivation mention*sinkwanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*sengʷ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionsinkefy
- Cognate mentionsinkennds
- Cognate mentionzinkennl
- Cognate mentionsinkende
- Cognate mentionsjunkasv
- Cognate mentionsenċanang
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