English
sench
Sench comes from Old English senċan ‘[with accusative] to sink, to make sink, to…’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sankwijaną‘to cause to sink’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sankwijan‘to cause to sink’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150senċan‘[with accusative] to sink, to make sink, to cause to sink’
- Englishtodaysench
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sankwijaną‘to cause to sink’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sankwijan‘to cause to sink’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150senċan‘[with accusative] to sink, to make sink, to cause to sink’
- Englishtodaysench
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną
Today it means
verb To cause to sink.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną / sench