Where does “springan” come from?

springan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *springan, from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.

springan (Old English): to leap, bound

Definitions

  1. to leap, bound

Ancestry of “springan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*springanto spring, to jump up
2Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—

Words derived from “springan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →