An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/trunken

by Friedrich Kluge

trunken, adj., ‘drunken, intoxicated,’ from the equiv. MidHG. trunken, OHG. trunchan. An old partic. without the prefix ge (see feist), and with an active sense too, ‘he who has drunk’ (comp. Lat. potus), then ‘he who has drunk immoderately’; similarly Du. dronken, E. drunk, and Goth. drugkans.