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
- second-person singular imperative of sprangen
Ancestry of “sprang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Luxembourgish | sprangen | to jump, to leap; to break, to burst; to mount,... |
| 2 | Old High German | springan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | springaną | to spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spr̥ǵʰ | — |