Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)prengʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Kroonen (2013) links this root to *sperǵʰ- (“to move rapidly”).[1]. This could be from the nasal-infix present, *spr̥néǵʰti ~ *spr̥nǵʰénti. See *sperǵʰ- for more.

Root

*(s)prengʰ-[2]

  1. to spring
    Synonym: *sel-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)prengʰ- (2 c, 0 e)
  • *(s)préngʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: spreñgti (“to push, tense, span”)
    • ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *ɸlengeti[3]
      • Old Irish: lingid (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *springaną (“to spring, burst”)[1] (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)prongʰ-éye-ti (causative)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *prǫžiti (“to prance, recoil”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *sprangijaną[4]
  • *(s)prongʰ-ó-s (“locust”)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *(s)prangas
      • Proto-Slavic: *prǫgъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations
    • Proto-Celtic: *φlanxsman (“jump”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*spring/kan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470
  2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*(s)prengʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 583
  3. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) “*leng-e/o-”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 522-24
  4. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sprangjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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