Where does “pronken” come from?

pronken (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch pronken — to flaunt.

pronken (Dutch): to display, to show off

Definitions

  1. to display, to show off

Ancestry of “pronken”, step by step

pronken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch pronken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchpronkento flaunt

via Proto-Germanic *pranganą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*pranganąto press

Words derived from “pronken

Every word from Middle Dutch pronken