singe

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*senk-“to burn”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sangijan“to burn, torch”
3. Old English · inherited fromsenġan
4. Middle English · inherited fromsengen
5. English todaysinge

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).