Where does “spring” come from?
spring (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål springe, from Old Norse springa, from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.
spring (Norwegian Bokmål): imperative of springe
Ancestry of “spring”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | springe | to bound, jump, leap; to run; to blow up, burst,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | springa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | springaną | to spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spr̥ǵʰ | — |
Words derived from “spring”