Where does “spring” come from?

spring (North Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.

spring (North Frisian): to jump, leap

Definitions

  1. to jump, leap

Ancestry of “spring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →