Where does “tronk” come from?

tronk (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch tronk, from Middle Dutch tronc, from Old French tronc, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

tronk (Afrikaans): prison

Definitions

  1. prison

Ancestry of “tronk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtronktrunk, tree trunk; tree stump; prison, dungeon,...
2Middle Dutchtronctrunk
3Old Frenchtroncalms box, tree trunk, headless body; trunk
4Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “tronk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- →Every word from Latin truncus →Every word from Old French tronc →