Etymology of the English word drink
the English word
drinkderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhreg-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*drup-Derivations in English
drinkable,
drinkery,
drinking,
drinkerDerivations in other languages
Italian
drinkCognates
Danish
drikke, Dutch
drinken, German
trinken, Gothic
trigkan, Icelandic
drekka, Nynorsk
drikka, Riksmal
drikke, Swedish
dricka, Yiddish
trinknUsage
Word found in Modern English
