Where does “prinz” come from?
prinz (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German prinse, from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
Ancestry of “prinz”, step by step
Words derived from “prinz”