Etymology

shink

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Today it means: To pour or serve wine or beer; to skink. Full definition →

Middle English shynken ← Old English sċenċan ← Proto-West Germanic *skankijan
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shink · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skankijaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skankijan
  3. Old English · inherited fromsċenċan“to pour”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromshynken
  5. English todayshink

From Middle English shynken, schenken, schenchen (“to pour, pour a drink”), from Old English sċenċan (“to pour”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankijan, from Proto-Germanic *skankijaną. Doublet of skink.

shink · interjection, verb2

Onomatopoeic. Compare shunk.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*skankijaną all →

skink

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