Etymology Explorer › Middle Low German

Where does “prangen” come from?

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

prangen (Middle Low German): to press, pinch

Definitions

  1. to press, pinch

Ancestry of “prangen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*prangan—
2Proto-West Germanic*prangan—

Words derived from “prangen”

  • pronged
  • prong
  • pronghorn
  • multipronged
  • prongbuck
  • multiprong
  • prongy
  • プロングホーン
  • pronge
  • prange
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