Where does “springen” come from?

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

springen (German): to spring; to leap; to bounce; to dive; to jump;...

Definitions

  1. to spring; to leap; to bounce; to dive; to jump;...

Ancestry of “springen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanspringan—
2Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—

Words derived from “springen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →