*drinkaną

Runic: ᛞᚱᛁᚾᚲᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈdriŋ.kɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 3

Meanings

to drink

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrénǵ-e/o-, from root *dʰrenǵ- (‘to draw into one's mouth, sip, gulp’), a nasalized variant of *dʰreǵ- (‘to pull, draw, drag’). There are no secure cognates outside of Proto-Germanic.

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	drinkō	drinkaų	–
2nd singular	drinkizi	drinkaiz	drink
3rd singular	drinkidi	drinkai	drinkadau
1st dual	drinkōz	drinkaiw	–
2nd dual	drinkadiz	drinkaidiz	drinkadiz
1st plural	drinkamaz	drinkaim	–
2nd plural	drinkid	drinkaid	drinkid
3rd plural	drinkandi	drinkain	drinkandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	drinkai	–
2nd singular	drinkazai	drinkaizau
3rd singular	drinkadai	drinkaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	drinkandai	drinkaindau
2nd plural	drinkandai	drinkaindau
3rd plural	drinkandai	drinkaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	drank	drunkį̄
2nd singular	dranht	drunkīz
3rd singular	drank	drunkī
1st dual	drunkū	drunkīw
2nd dual	drunkudiz	drunkīdiz
1st plural	drunkum	drunkīm
2nd plural	drunkud	drunkīd
3rd plural	drunkun	drunkīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
drinkaną	drinkandz	drunkanaz

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Descendants

*drinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drincan (Old Dutch)
  - drinken (Middle Dutch)
    - drinke (Limburgish)
*drinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drincan (Old Dutch)
  - drinken (Middle Dutch)
    - drinken (Dutch)
      - drink (Afrikaans)
*drinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drincan (Old English)
  - drinken, drynken (Middle English)
    - drink (English)
    - drink (Scots)
*drinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drinka (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - drinke (Saterland Frisian)
  - drinke (West Frisian)
*drinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- trinkan (Old High German)
  - trinken (Middle High German)
    - trinke (Alemannic German)
    - trinkn, dringa (Bavarian)
    - drenke, dronke, drönke, drinke (Central Franconian)
    - trinken (German)
    - drénken (Luxembourgish)
    - טרינקען (trinken) (Yiddish)
*drinkan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drinkan (Old Saxon)
  - drinken (Middle Low German)
    - drenk (Jutish)
    - drinken (Low German)
drekka, drikka (Old Norse)
- drekka (Faroese)
- drekka (Icelandic)
- drikke, drikka (Norwegian Nynorsk)
drekka, drikka (Old Norse)
- drikkæ (Old Danish)
  - drikke (Danish)
    - drikke (Norwegian Bokmål)
drekka, drikka (Old Norse)
- drikka (Old Swedish)
  - dricka (Swedish)
𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌲𐌺𐌰𐌽 (drigkan) (Gothic)
drincan (Vandalic)

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