Where does “sprekk” come from?
sprekk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sprekke, from Norwegian Bokmål sprakk, from Norwegian Bokmål springe, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.
sprekk (Norwegian Bokmål): a crack, crevice, fissure; imperative of sprekke
Definitions
- a crack, crevice, fissure; imperative of sprekke
Ancestry of “sprekk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sprekke | to break, shatter, crack, burst etc; to separate,... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | sprakk | simple past of sprekke |
| 3 | Norwegian Bokmål | springe | to bound, jump, leap; to run; to blow up, burst,... |
| 4 | Old Norse | springa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | springaną | to spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | spr̥ǵʰ | — |