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Where does “sprinterica” come from?

sprinterica (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian sprinter, from English Sprinter, from English sprint, from English sprent, from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprengan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic sprangijaną — he, she.

sprinterica (Serbo-Croatian): sprinter; sneaker for sprint

Definitions

  1. sprinter; sneaker for sprint

Ancestry of “sprinterica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiansprintersprinter
2EnglishSprinterA British diesel multiple unit of class 150, 153,...
3EnglishsprintA short race at top speed; A burst of speed or...
4EnglishsprentTo leap; bound; move quickly; dart; simple past...
5Middle Englishsprengento sprinkle
6Old Englishsprenganto scatter something; to sprinkle something; to...
7Proto-West Germanic*sprangijan—
8Proto-Germanicsprangijanąto cause to spring; to cause to burst, to blow up
9Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
10Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
12Chichewaiyehe, she
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