Etymology

thring

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Today it means: To thrust; crowd; press; squeeze. Full definition →

Middle English thringen ← Old English þringan ← Proto-West Germanic *þringwan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*trenkʷ-“to beat, hew, press”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þrinhwaną“to press, throng, crush”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þringwan
  4. Old English · inherited fromþringan“to press, squeeze, crowd”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromthringen
  6. English todaythring

From Middle English thringen, from Old English þringan (“to press, squeeze, crowd”), from Proto-West Germanic *þringwan, from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną (“to press, throng, crush”), from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (“to beat, hew, press”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*trenkʷ- all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.