Twinge
Old English twengan ‘pinch, wring’, of Germanic origin. The noun dates from the mid 16th century.
wiktionary
From Middle English twengen, from Old English twenġan(“to pinch, squeeze, twinge”), from Proto-West Germanic *twangijan, from Proto-Germanic *twangijaną(“to jam, pinch”), causative of Proto-Germanic *twinganą(“to press, clamp”), of uncertain origin, but probably related to *þwangiz(“belt, strap, clamp”). See also Old High German zwengen(“to pinch”), Old English twingan(“to press, force”).
etymonline
twinge (n.)
1540s, "a pinch, a nipping," from obsolete verb twinge "to pinch, tweak," from Old English twengan "to pinch," from Proto-Germanic *twangjan (source also of Old Frisian thwinga, Old Norse þvinga, Danish tvinge, Dutch dwingen, Old High German thwingan, German zwingen "to compel, force"), from PIE *twengh- "to press in on" (see thong). Meaning "sharp, sudden minor pain" is recorded from c. 1600. Figurative sense (with reference to shame, remorse, etc.) is recorded from 1620s.
