Where does “Sprinterin” come from?
Sprinterin (German) comes from German Sprinter, from German sprinten, from English sprint, from English sprent, from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic sprangijaną — he, she.
Sprinterin (German): sprinter, one who sprints (female)
Definitions
- sprinter, one who sprints (female)
Ancestry of “Sprinterin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Sprinter | sprinter, one who sprints |
| 2 | German | sprinten | to sprint to partake in a sprinting competition |
| 3 | English | sprint | A short race at top speed; A burst of speed or... |
| 4 | English | sprent | To leap; bound; move quickly; dart; simple past... |
| 5 | Middle English | sprengen | to sprinkle |
| 6 | Old English | sprengan | to scatter something; to sprinkle something; to... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprangijan | to cause to spring out |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sprangijaną | to cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |