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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *brAngh-
Meaning: to press, to squeeze
Tokharian: A, B pränk- (PT *pränk-) 'restrain oneself, keep away, reject' (Adams 415)
Baltic: *brañg-t-a- c.
Germanic: *prang-a- vb., *prang-ia- vb., *prang=
Russ. meaning: сжимать, сдавливать
References: WP II 119
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *brañg-t-a- c.
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: brañ(k)ta-s `Strangholz am Pferdegespann, Ortscheit, Holzscheit, das den Sсhweinen um den Hals gebunden wird'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *prangan-, *prangian- vb., *prang=
Meaning: press, squeeze
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: *ana-praŋgan `trouble, oppress'
Old Swedish: prang `narrow street'
Middle English: prange `narrowing'; pranglen `drukken, benauwen'
English: prong `forked instrument, tine of a fork'
Middle Dutch: pranghen `knellen, samendrukken'
Dutch: prangen
Middle Low German: prange `Einengung', prangen `drücken'
Low German: prang `eng', pranger `Halseisen'
Middle High German: phrɛngen wk. 'pressen, drängen, bedrücken', phrange, phrɛnge st. f. 'einschliessung, beengung, nötigung, drangsal'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 177
Root: bronk-
English meaning: to lock
German meaning: `einschließen, einengen'
Material: Got. anapraggan `bedrängen' zu *pranga- `Beengung' in aschwed. prang `enge Gasse', mengl. prange `Enge', engl. dial. proug `Tischgabel', mndd. prangen `drücken', pranger `Pfahl', mhd. pfrengen `einzwängen', ahd. pfragina `Schranke', zu lit. brañktas m. `Strangholz', lett. brankti (lit. Lw.) `fest anliegend'.
References: WP. II 119, 677 f.. Feist 43, Kluge11 unter Pranger.
Pages: 103
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