Number: 1687
Root: sengʷ-
English meaning: to fall, sink
German meaning: `fallen, sinken'
Material: Arm. ankanim `falle, weiche, nehme ab'; gr. ἑάφθη `sank' (ἀσπίς);
germ. *sinkwan in: got. sigqan, aisl. søkkva, ags. sincan, as. ahd. sinkan sinken, Intens. dän.-norw. sakka, ndl. zakken, nhd. sacken `sinken'; Adj. *sinhti- in ags. sīhte `sumpfig', mhd. sīht(e), nhd. seicht, alem. sīcht `sehr feucht' (von Wiesen).
References: WP. II 495 f.
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