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)