Where does “шпрунг” come from?
шпрунг (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.
шпрунг (Serbo-Croatian): scratch
Ancestry of “шпрунг”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | sprung | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | sprung | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sprung | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | springaną | to spring, to jump up; to burst, to explode |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | spr̥ǵʰ | — |