Where does “sprang” come from?

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

sprang (Luxembourgish): second-person singular imperative of sprangen

Definitions

  1. second-person singular imperative of sprangen

Ancestry of “sprang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishsprangento jump, to leap; to break, to burst; to mount,...
2Old High Germanspringan—
3Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →Every word from Proto-Germanic springaną →Every word from Old High German springan →