Twoang

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thwong, thwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz (“force, restraint, band”). Cognate with English thong, Dutch dwang, German Zwang.

Noun

Twoang m

  1. pressure; force; compulsion; obligation
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