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foon; See proinn.IIbran, Manx pronn; See pronn. Hence Scottish pron.IIIpound, bray, mash, Manx pronney, pouding; see, for root and form, ++bronn, distribute, from the root bhrud, break, which thus in Gaelic means (1) distribute, (2) break or crush. Hence pronnag, a crumb, Scottish pronacks.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.