Words that come from Proto-Germanic “krangijaną”

57 words across 15 languages descend from Proto-Germanic krangijaną — including cringe, cringing, cringingly, cringeworthy, cringer, cringy, cringeling, cringemaking.

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English (23)

Russian (15)

Middle English (3)

Old English (3)

Ukrainian (2)

Bulgarian (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Dutch (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Italian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Polish (1)

Armenian (1)