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English word spring comes from Proto-Indo-European *spr̥ǵʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *spr̥g̑h, Proto-Indo-European *sperǵʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *spr̥ǵʰ, and later Proto-Germanic *springaną (To burst, to explode. To spring, to jump up.)

*spr̥ǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*spr̥g̑h (Proto-Indo-European)

*sperǵʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*spr̥ǵʰ (Proto-Indo-European)

*springaną (Proto-Germanic)

To burst, to explode. To spring, to jump up.

springan (Old English)

(clarification of this definition is being sought) to spring.

springen (Middle English)

To jump; to spring.

spring (English)

(architecture, masonry, transitive) To build (an arch).. (intransitive) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped.. (nautical) To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken.. (obsolete) To grow; to prosper.. (slang) To release or set free, especially from prison.. (transitive, archaic) To sound (a rattle, such as a watchman's rattle).. To bend by force, as [...]

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