Where does “springen” come from?

springen (Middle English) comes from Old English springan, from Proto-West Germanic *springan, from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.

springen (Middle English): to jump; to spring

Definitions

  1. to jump; to spring

Ancestry of “springen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspringanto leap, bound
2Proto-West Germanic*springanto spring, to jump up
3Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—

Words derived from “springen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →