An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/trunken

by Friedrich Kluge

trunken, adjective, ‘drunken, intoxicated,’ from the equivalent Middle High German trunken, Old High German trunchan. An old participle without the prefix ge (see feist), and with an active sense too, ‘he who has drunk’ (compare Latin potus), then ‘he who has drunk immoderately’; similarly Dutch dronken, English drunk, and Gothic drugkans.