Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “twenk-”

57 words across 20 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European twenk- — including thong, thonged, thonging, zugzwang, dwang, thonglike, thongless, thongy.

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English (9)

German (8)

Dutch (7)

Norwegian Bokmål (5)

Old English (4)

Danish (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Middle English (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

French (1)

Swedish (1)

Russian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old High German (1)

Old Danish (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Middle High German (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European twenk- — 57 descendants | Etymology Explorer