dunk

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*teng-“to moisten, wet”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*þunkōną
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*þunkōn“to make wet”
4. Old High German · derived fromdunkōn“to dip, submerge, dunk”
5. Middle High German · derived fromdunken
6. Pennsylvania German · borrowed fromdunke
7. English todaydunk

From Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn (“to dip, submerge, dunk”), from Proto-West Germanic *þunkōn (“to make wet”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to moisten, wet”). Cognate with German tunken (“to dunk”), Latin tingō (“to wet, moisten”), Ancient Greek τέγγω (téngō, “to wet, moisten”). Related to taint, tincture, tint.

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