Where does “tronk” come from?
tronk (English) comes from Afrikaans tronk, 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 (English): A prison
Ancestry of “tronk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | tronk | prison |
| 2 | Dutch | tronk | trunk, tree trunk; tree stump; prison, dungeon,... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | tronc | trunk |
| 4 | Old French | tronc | alms box, tree trunk, headless body; trunk |
| 5 | Latin | truncus | lopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | twerḱ- | to carve, cut off, trim |