
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 [...]