Where does “thringen” come from?
thringen (Middle English) comes from Old English þringan, from Proto-West Germanic þringwan, from Proto-Germanic þrinhwaną, from Proto-Indo-European trenkʷ- — to push, to press.
thringen (Middle English): to press, crowd, throng
Ancestry of “thringen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | þringan | to press, constrict, push on or through |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | þringwan | to press, to push |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þrinhwaną | to press, to push; to force |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | trenkʷ- | to push, to press |
Words derived from “thringen”