trång
Swedish
adj
Definitions
- tight; not having enough width
- narrow; having small width
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish þranger derived from Old Norse þrǫngr (narrow) derived from Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz (pressing, narrow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *trenkʷ- (press, hew, beat, push, pound).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*trenkʷ-
Gloss
press, hew, beat, push, pound
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *trenkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- trang Norwegian Bokmål
- *þrangwaz Proto-Germanic
- *þrangwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þrangwą Proto-Germanic
- *þrinhwaną Proto-Germanic
- sektor Swedish
- trång sektor Swedish
- þrunginn Old Norse
- þrønging Old Norse
- þrøngving Old Norse
- þrøngð Old Norse
- þrǫngleikr Old Norse
- þrǫngr Old Norse
- þröngur Icelandic
- trongur Faroese
- *thrang Old Dutch
- þranger Old Swedish
- trang Westrobothnian