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Where does “springless” come from?

springless (English) comes from English spring, from Romanian Șpring, from German spring, from German springen, from Old High German springan, from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.

springless (English): Without a spring or springs

Definitions

  1. Without a spring or springs

Ancestry of “springless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspringTo burst forth; To grow; To cause to burst forth
2RomanianȘpring—
3Germanspringsingular imperative of springen; first-person...
4Germanspringento spring; to leap; to bounce; to dive; to jump;...
5Old High Germanspringan—
6Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—

Words derived from “springless”

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