Where does “prōnge” come from?

prōnge (Middle English) comes from Middle Low German prange, from Middle Low German prangen, from Old Saxon *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan — to press.

prōnge (Middle English): affliction, agony, pain; pointed instrument

Definitions

  1. affliction, agony, pain; pointed instrument

Ancestry of “prōnge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanprangepole, stake; kind of pillory or stocks; stick,...
2Middle Low Germanprangento press, pinch
3Old Saxon*prangan—
4Proto-West Germanic*pranganto press

Words derived from “prōnge”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *prangan →Every word from Old Saxon *prangan →Every word from Middle Low German prangen →