English
sinkable
From sink + -able.
A compound of sink + -able
Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- ‘to fall, sink’
Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną ‘to sink’
Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan ‘to sink’
Old English sincan ‘to sink’
Middle English synken ‘to sink (to embed)’
English sink
Today it means
adj Capable of being sunk
Sources
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Etymograph / sinkable