Old English edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, akin to Old Frisian sinka (West Frisian sinke), Old Saxon sinkan, Old High German sinkan (German sinken), Old Norse søkkva (Danish synke, Swedish sjunka, Icelandic sökkva, Faroese søkka), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsin.kɑn/, [ˈsiŋ.kɑn]

Verb edit

sincan

  1. to sink

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle English: synken
    • English: sink
    • Scots: sink
    • Yola: zunk (preterite)