drink

*dʰreǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)

to pull, drag, scratch

*dʰrenǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*drinkaną (Proto-Germanic)

To drink.

drincan (Old English)

To drink.

drynken (Middle English)

To drink (ingest liquids via the mouth).

drink (English)

(ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.