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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *tweñk- vb. tr., *twank-ā̂ f., *twank-u- adj., *twiñk- vb. intr.
Meaning: swell; dike, dam
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: tvẽnkti (tveñkia, -kē) `(das Wasser, einen Fluss durch Verschüttung von Schleusen usw.) anschwellen oder anstauen machen, (ein)dämmen', tvankà 'Damm, Schanze, Weiher, Teich', tvankù- 'heiss, schwül, drückend', tviñkti (tviñksta, tviñkō) 'anschwellen (der Brust, vom Geschwür, trächtigen weiblichen Tieren, vom Wasser)'
Lettish: tvìkt (/ tvĩkt, tvîkt) (-kstu, -ku) 'Schwüle fühlen, vor Hitze schmachten, dursten'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *twenk-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to squeeze
Old Indian: tvanakti `to contract'
Avestan: ? ɵwązǰaiti `Gerät in Bedrängnis' (< -zǵh- < -g'h+sk-)
Old Greek: att. sáttō, ion. sássō (aor. ésaksa, ion. ésasa), ptc. saktós 'ausrüsten, bewaffen; anfüllen, feststopfen'
Baltic: *tweñk- vb. tr., *twank-ā̂ f., *twank-u- adj., *twiñk- vb. intr.
Germanic: *ɵwing-á- vb., *ɵwing-ō- vb.; *ɵwang-á- m., *ɵwang-í- c.; *ɵū́x-ia- vb.
Russ. meaning: сжимать, сдавливать
References: WP I 748 f (different in Pok. 1080-1085, 1098, 1099-1100)
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *ɵwingán- vb., *ɵwingōn- vb.; *ɵwangá-z, *ɵwangí-z; *ɵū́xian- vb.
Meaning: squeeze, punish
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: ɵvinga wk. `zwingen, quälen'; ɵveng-r m. `Riemen'
Norwegian: tvinga wk./st.; dial. tveng `Schuhriemen'
Old Swedish: ɵvinga wk./st.
Swedish: tvinga wk./st.
Danish: tvinge vb.; tvinge `Zwinge'
Old English: ɵwingan; ɵwong
English: thong
Old Frisian: thwinga vb.; thwong `het bedwingen'
Old Saxon: thwingan `zwingen, bedrängen'
Middle Dutch: dwinghen; dwanc `macht, dwang'
Dutch: dwingen; dwang m.
Middle Low German: dwingen; dwank `dwang, macht, enge ruimte'
Old High German: thwingan (8.Jh.), twingan (9.Jh.) `zwingen, unterjochen, beherrschen, festbinden'; dūhen `drücken, niederdrücken'; dwang `teugel'
Middle High German: twingen, dwingen (/ quingen, zwingen) st. `(zusammen)drücken, pressen, (be)drängen, nötigen, einschliessen, beherrschen, bändigen'
German: zwingen; { deuhen, dauhen }
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṭunḳV
Meaning: to press
Indo-European: *twenk- (Kluge 899)
Uralic: *tuŋke
References: МССНЯ 338; Hegedűs 1990, 99; ND 2392 *ṭuŋḲV 'to press, force' (+ quite dub. SH).
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1093
Proto: *tuŋke
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: to press, force
German meaning: drängen, hineindrängen, dringen, stopfen, hineinstecken
Finnish: tunke- 'drängen, hineindrängen, dringen'
Estonian: tungi- 'dringen, sich drängen'
Mordovian: tongo- (E M) 'hineinstecken'
Mansi (Vogul): tokr- (TJ P), toχr- (KU So.) 'stopfen' ?
Hungarian: dug- 'stopfen, einstecken, verbergen'
Sammalahti's version: *tuŋki-
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