prong

Meaning

1. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
2. A branch; a fork.
3. (colloquial) The penis.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɒŋ/

Cognate with Lithuanian

Cognate with Latvian

Cognate with Ancient Greek

In summary

From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Old Saxon *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan, from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”). Akin to Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”), σπάργανον (spárganon, “swaddling cloth”). See also prank, prance, prink.

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