Where does “prange” come from?

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

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*pranganto press

Words derived from “prange”

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