Where does “þröng” come from?

þröng (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse þrǫng, from Proto-Germanic þrangwō, from Proto-Germanic þrangwaz, from Proto-Germanic þrinhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European trenkʷ- — to push, to press.

þröng (Icelandic): throng, crowd

Definitions

  1. throng, crowd

Ancestry of “þröng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrǫngthrong, crowd; narrow place; straits
2Proto-Germanicþrangwōthrong
3Proto-Germanicþrangwazpressing; narrow
4Proto-Germanicþrinhwanąto press, to push; to force
5Proto-Indo-Europeantrenkʷ-to push, to press
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trenkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrinhwaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrangwaz →