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Why is it called a “drink”?
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The word drink is a shortened form of the Old English word drinc, which means “to drink”. The word drink comes from the Proto-Germanic word drincan, which is related to the Old Norse word drikkja, which means “to drink”. The Old English word drinc is the source of the modern English word “drink” as well as the words “drinkable”, “dribble”, “dribbles”, “drinking”, and “drinker”.