Etymograph

English

kinkable

From kink + -able.

Formed from kink + -able

Proto-Indo-European *gang- ‘to mock, jeer, deride’

Proto-Germanic *kinkōną ‘to laugh’

Proto-West Germanic *kinkōn

Old English *cincian ‘to laugh loudly’

Middle English kinken

English kink

Today it means

adj In which kinks may be formed.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / kinkable