Where does “spring” come from?

Spring comes from Middle English springen, Old English springan, Proto-Germanic springaną, and Proto-Indo-European spr̥g̑h.

spring (English): To burst forth; To grow; To cause to burst forth

Definitions

  1. To burst forth; To grow; To cause to burst forth

Ancestry of “spring”, step by step

spring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian Șpring

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianȘpring—
2Germanspringsingular imperative of springen; first-person...
3Germanspringento spring; to leap; to bounce; to dive; to jump;...
4Old High Germanspringan—
5Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
6Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—

via Middle English springen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishspringento jump; to spring
2Old Englishspringanto leap, bound
3Proto-West Germanic*springanto spring, to jump up

Words derived from “spring”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →