Where does “springed” come from?
springed (English) comes from English springe, 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- — he, she.
springed (English): Having (a given type of) springs; equipped with (a given type of) springs
Definitions
- Having (a given type of) springs; equipped with (a given type of) springs
Ancestry of “springed”, step by step
springed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English springe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | springe | To sprinkle; to scatter; To catch in a springe;... |
| 2 | Middle English | sprengen | to sprinkle |
| 3 | Old English | sprengan | to scatter something; to sprinkle something; to... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprangijan | to cause to spring out |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sprangijaną | to cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English spring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | spring | To burst forth; To grow; To cause to burst forth |
| 2 | Romanian | Șpring | — |
| 3 | German | spring | singular imperative of springen; first-person... |
| 4 | German | springen | to spring; to leap; to bounce; to dive; to jump;... |
| 5 | Old High German | springan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | springaną | to spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spr̥ǵʰ | — |