Where does “шпринт” come from?
шпринт (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Sprint, from English sprint, from English sprent, from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic sprangijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
шпринт (Serbo-Croatian): Alternative form of спри̏нт
Definitions
- Alternative form of спри̏нт
Ancestry of “шпринт”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Sprint | — |
| 2 | English | sprint | A short race at top speed; A burst of speed or... |
| 3 | English | sprent | To leap; bound; move quickly; dart; simple past... |
| 4 | Middle English | sprengen | to sprinkle |
| 5 | Old English | sprengan | to scatter something; to sprinkle something; to... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprangijan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sprangijaną | to cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |