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Where does “thrang” come from?

thrang (English) comes from English thring, from Middle English thringen, from Old English þringan, from Proto-West Germanic þringwan, from Proto-Germanic þrinhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European trenkʷ- — to push, to press.

thrang (English): busy, preoccupied; crowded, busy; simple past...

Definitions

  1. busy, preoccupied; crowded, busy; simple past...

Ancestry of “thrang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthringTo thrust; crowd; press; squeeze; To push; to...
2Middle Englishthringento press, crowd, throng
3Old Englishþringanto press, constrict, push on or through
4Proto-West Germanicþringwanto press, to push
5Proto-Germanicþrinhwanąto press, to push; to force
6Proto-Indo-Europeantrenkʷ-to push, to press
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