Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/springaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Indo-European *sprenǵʰ-, nasalised form of Proto-Indo-European *sperǵʰ- (“to move energetically, hurry, spring”). Compare Ancient Greek σπέρχω (spérkhō, “to set in rapid motion, haste, hurry”), Sanskrit स्पृहयति (spṛháyati, “to be eager”), Albanian shpërthej (“to pop open, puncture, lance, make explode, blow up”), Lithuanian spreñgti (“to push (in)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspriŋ.ɡɑ.nɑ̃/

*springaną

1. to spring, to jump up
2. to burst, to explode

• *sprangaz
• *sprangijaną
• *sprangōną
• *sprungiz

• Proto-West Germanic: *springan
  • Old English: springan
    • Middle English: spryngen
      • English: spring; sprink
      • Scots: spring
  • Old Frisian: springa
    • Saterland Frisian: springe
    • West Frisian: springe
  • Old Saxon: springan, sprengan
    • Middle Low German: springen
      • German Low German: springen
  • Old Dutch: *springan
    • Middle Dutch: springen
      • Dutch: springen
        • Afrikaans: spring
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: pringgi
        • Jersey Dutch: spring, springe, spränge
        • Negerhollands: spriṅ
      • Limburgish: springe
  • Old High German: springan
    • Middle High German: springen
      • Alemannic German: springe, schpringe
      • Cimbrian: springen
      • German: springen
      • Luxembourgish: sprangen
      • Pennsylvania German: schpringe
      • Yiddish: שפּרינגען (shpringen)
• Old Norse: springa
  • Icelandic: springa (“to burst”)
  • Faroese: springa
  • Norwegian: springe, sprekke
  • Old Swedish: springa
    • Swedish: springa (“to run”), spricka (“to crack”)
  • Old Danish: springæ
    • Danish: springe, sprække
  • Gutnish: springge, springga