bedrink

The story

1. Old English · inherited from*bedrenċan“to drench completely”
2. Middle English · inherited frombidrenchen“to soak up, steep”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*bidrinkan
4. Old English · inherited frombedrincan“to drink in, drink up, absorb”
5. Middle English · inherited from*bedrinken
6. English todaybedrink

From Middle English *bedrinken, from Old English bedrincan (“to drink in, drink up, absorb”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidrinkan; conflated with Middle English bidrenchen (“to soak up, steep”) (attested in Middle English bidrenkt (“soaked, drenched”)), from Old English *bedrenċan (“to drench completely”), equivalent to be- + drink and be- + drench. Cognate with Dutch bedrinken (“to drink up, get drunk”), German betrinken (“to get drunk”).

Words from the same roots