English
dink
Imitative.
The story
Attested since the 1930s.
Another origin of dink
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰrenǵ-‘to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*drinkaną‘to drink’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*drinkan‘to drink’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150drincan
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500drinken‘to drink’
- English1500–presentdrink
- Englishtodaydink
Today it means
noun A soft drop shot.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / dink