Where does “sprent” come from?
sprent (English) comes from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic sprangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
sprent (English): To leap; bound; move quickly; dart; simple past...
Definitions
- To leap; bound; move quickly; dart; simple past...
Ancestry of “sprent”, step by step
sprent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English sprengen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sprengen | to sprinkle |
| 2 | Old English | sprengan | to scatter something; to sprinkle something; to... |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprangijan | to cause to spring out |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sprangijaną | to cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Middle English sprenten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | sprenten | To spring jump with great speed or energy |
| 2 | Old Norse | *sprenta | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sprantijaną | to make jump up |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sprintaną | to jump; to emerge, to start |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sprend- | to pull, to stretch, to jump |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sper- | to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to... |