Where does “šprung” come from?

šprung (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German sprung, from Middle High German sprung, from Old High German sprung, from Proto-Germanic springaną, from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ.

šprung (Serbo-Croatian): scratch

Definitions

  1. scratch

Ancestry of “šprung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprungjump, leap
2Middle High Germansprung—
3Old High Germansprungjump
4Proto-Germanicspringanąto spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspr̥ǵʰ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spr̥ǵʰ →Every word from Proto-Germanic springaną →Every word from Old High German sprung →
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