köken: From Middle High German twanc, from Old High German geduang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz, Proto-Germanic *þwanguz (“coercion, constraint, band, clamp, strap”). Cognates include: Dutch dwang, Swedish tvång, and English thong.
köken: From Middle Dutch dranc, from Old Dutch *thrang, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwaz. Related to dringen (from Proto-Germanic *þrinhwaną). Cognate with English throng, German Drang, Norwegian trang.
köken: Back-formation from kényszerít, kényszeredik, kényszerül. Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.