drench

drench · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*dʰrenǵ-“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*drankiz“drink; potion; dose”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dranki
4. Old English · inherited fromdrenċ“drink; draft, potion; dose (of medicine, poison, etc.)”
5. Middle English · inherited fromdrench
6. English todaydrench

From Middle English drench, drenche (“beverage, drink; cup of drink, specifically a poisoned drink; medicinal potion, specifically an emetic (?)”) [and other forms], from Old English drenċ (“drink; draft, potion; dose (of medicine, poison, etc.)”), from Proto-West Germanic *dranki, from Proto-Germanic *drankiz (“drink; potion; dose”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”). Doublet of drink (noun). Cognates * Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌺 (draggk), 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌺 (dragk, “beverage, drink”) * Old Dutch *dranc, (Middle Dutch dranc, modern Dutch drank (“beverage, drink”)) * Old High German tranc, tranch (Middle High German tranc, modern German Trank (“drink; potion”)) * Old Saxon dranc

drench · verb, noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*dʰrenǵ-“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*drankijaną“to cause (someone) to drink”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*drankijan
4. Old English · inherited fromdrenċan“to give (someone) a drink; to immerse, soak, drench”
5. Middle English · inherited fromdrenchen
6. English todaydrench

The verb is derived from Middle English drenchen, drench (“to drown; to flood, inundate; to consume (drink or food); to give (someone) a drink; to poison (someone) with a drink; to immerse, soak, drench; to descend, fall, sink; to penetrate, permeate; (figurative) to engulf, overwhelm”) [and other forms], from Old English drenċan (“to give (someone) a drink; to immerse, soak, drench”), from Proto-West Germanic *drankijan, from Proto-Germanic *drankijaną (“to cause (someone) to drink”), the causative of *drinkaną (“to drink”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrenǵ- (“to draw, pull; to gulp; to sip”). Doublet of drink (verb). The noun is derived from the verb (etymology 2, verb sense 1.2). Cognates * Old High German trenchen (modern German tränken (“to give a drink; to water”)) * Old Norse drekkja, drenkja (Swedish dränka) * Old Saxon dręnkian (Dutch drenke (“to get a drink”))

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