Where does “spring” come from?

spring (Middle English) comes from Old English spryng, from Old English spring, from Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz.

spring (Middle English): spring, fountain, font; sprout, shoot; sunrise

Definitions

  1. spring, fountain, font; sprout, shoot; sunrise

Ancestry of “spring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsprynga jump
2Old Englishspringwellspring, ulcer
3Proto-West Germanic*spring—
4Proto-Germanic*springaz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *springaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spring →Every word from Old English spring →