Where does “springe” come from?

springe (German) comes from German springen, from Old High German springan, from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.

springe (German): inflection of springen: ## first-person singular...

Definitions

  1. inflection of springen: ## first-person singular...

Ancestry of “springe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspringento spring; to leap; to bounce; to dive; to jump;...
2Old High Germanspringan—
3Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →