tu̯enĝh-

    tu̯enĝh-

    English meaning: to oppress

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “bedrängen”

    Material: Av. ϑwązjaiti “gerät in crowdedness” (Av. *tu̯anzǵhati with -zgh- from IE -ĝh + skō), to O.S. thwingan, O.H.G. dwingan “press, zwingen, unterdrũcken”, O.Ice. Þvinga, - aða “constrain, oblige, belästigen, plague”, O.E. ðwinglian “aufbinden”; but O.H.G. dūhen “press, niederdrũcken” (Ger. deuhen, dauhen), O.E. ðȳ n, ðēon (preterit ðȳ de) “press, belästigen, constrain, oblige, bump, poke, prick” from *Þūhjan (*Þunχian), whereupon also M.Du. dūwen, douwen “press, press, and probably also anfrk. bethūwen “deprimere” and O.E. ðȳ wan “press, beset, scold, chide, bestrafen” go back, belong to (s)teuk-, above S. 1032.

    References: WP. I 748 f., Kuiper Nasalpräs. 126.