Etymograph

English

rink

Rink comes from Old English rinc ‘man, warrior, hero’, from Proto-Germanic *rankaz ‘straight, upright’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*reǵ-‘straight, direct’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rankaz‘straight, upright’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rankiz‘upright man’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rinc‘man, warrior, hero’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rink
  6. Englishtodayrink

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*reǵ-‘straight, direct’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rankaz‘straight, upright’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rankiz‘upright man’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150rinc‘man, warrior, hero’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rink
  6. Englishtodayrink

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- ‘straight, direct’

retch, 2 more

through Proto-Germanic *rankaz ‘straight, upright’

arrangement, radar, rank, arrange

Another origin of rink

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hringazreconstructed
  2. Frankishc. 250–700*hringreconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400reng‘place’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600renc
  5. Middle Scotsmodernrink
  6. Englishtodayrink

Today it means

noun A man, especially a warrior or hero.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- / rink

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