Where does “sprekke” come from?

sprekke (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål sprakk, from Norwegian Bokmål springe, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.

sprekke (Norwegian Bokmål): to break, shatter, crack, burst etc; to separate,...

Definitions

  1. to break, shatter, crack, burst etc; to separate,...

Ancestry of “sprekke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålsprakksimple past of sprekke
2Norwegian Bokmålspringeto bound, jump, leap; to run; to blow up, burst,...
3Old Norsespringa—
4Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—

Words derived from “sprekke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →Every word from Proto-Germanic springaną →Every word from Old Norse springa →