stinking

stinking · adjective, verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*stinkwaną“to stink”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*stinkwandz“stinking”
3. Old English · inherited fromstincende
4. Middle English · inherited fromstynkynge
5. English todaystinking

From Middle English stynkynge, stinkinge, stinkinde, stinkende, stynkande, stynkand, from Old English stincende, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwandz (“stinking”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną (“to stink”), equivalent to stink + -ing. Cognate with Dutch stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), German stinkend (“stinking, stinky”), Danish stinkende (“stinking, stinky”), Norwegian stinkende (“stinking, stinky”).

stinking · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromstinkinge
2. English todaystinking

From Middle English stinkinge, stynkynge, equivalent to stink + -ing.

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