pränk-

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenḱ- (“to deviate, corrupt, fall off”). Cognate with prenke (“island”), Sanskrit भ्रंश् (bhraṃś, “to fall, deviate”), and perhaps Old Irish bréc (“lie”).

Verb

pränk-

1. to stay away
2. to restrain oneself
3. (causative) to reject, keep away

References

• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 209, page 127; reprinted 2017