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Where does “*springan” come from?

*springan (Frankish) comes from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.

Ancestry of “*springan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—
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