Where does “unspringed” come from?
unspringed (English) comes from English springed, 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 — he, she.
unspringed (English): Without springs
Definitions
- Without springs
Ancestry of “unspringed”, step by step
unspringed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English springed
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | springed | Having (a given type of) springs; equipped with (a given type of) springs |
| 2 | English | springe | To sprinkle; to scatter; To catch in a springe;... |
| 3 | Middle English | sprengen | to sprinkle |
| 4 | Old English | sprengan | to scatter something; to sprinkle something; to... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprangijan | to cause to spring out |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprangijaną | to cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |