springe

springe · verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sprangijaną“to cause to spring”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sprangijan
3. Old English · inherited fromsprenġan
4. Middle English · inherited fromsprengen
5. English todayspringe

Inherited from Middle English sprengen, from Old English sprenġan, sprenġċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprangijan, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną (“to cause to spring”). See sprinkle.

springe · noun, verb²

1. Middle English · inherited fromspreng
2. English todayspringe

Inherited from Middle English spreng, a variant of spring with the form of sprengen.

Words from the same roots