Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “sprung” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sprung”, step by step

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