Where does “spring” come from?

spring (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *spring, from Proto-Germanic *springaz.

spring (Old English): wellspring, ulcer

Definitions

  1. wellspring, ulcer

Ancestry of “spring”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*spring—
2Proto-Germanic*springaz—

Words derived from “spring”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *springaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spring →