Where does “ring-på-spring” come from?

ring-på-spring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål ringe, from Old Norse hringja, from Proto-Germanic hringijaną, from Proto-Germanic hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)krengʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

ring-på-spring (Norwegian Bokmål): ding-dong ditch

Definitions

  1. ding-dong ditch

Ancestry of “ring-på-spring”, step by step

ring-på-spring traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål ringe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålringeto ring (e.g. bell, telephone)
2Old Norsehringjato ring bells; buckle; small tub
3Proto-Germanichringijanąto ring, to sound
4Proto-Germanichringazring, circle; curve; sound, ring
5Proto-Indo-European(s)krengʰ-to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Norwegian Bokmål springe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålspringeto bound, jump, leap; to run; to blow up, burst,...
2Old Norsespringa
3Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ

via Norwegian Bokmål

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålon; on, against, touching; hanging from or being...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-