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Where does “prange” come from?

prange (Middle Low German) comes from Middle Low German prangen, from Old Saxon *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan.

prange (Middle Low German): pole, stake; kind of pillory or stocks; stick,...

Definitions

  1. pole, stake; kind of pillory or stocks; stick,...

Ancestry of “prange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanprangento press, pinch
2Old Saxon*prangan—
3Proto-West Germanic*prangan—

Words derived from “prange”

  • pronged
  • prong
  • pronghorn
  • multipronged
  • prongbuck
  • multiprong
  • prongy
  • プロングホーン
  • pronge
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *prangan →