Indo-European Lexicon
PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes
Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.
Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.
All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on, corrections may be made and/or more etyma & reflexes may be added.
Pokorny Etymon: sperg̑h-, spreg̑h-, nasalized spreng̑h- 'to rush, hurry, spring, jump'
Semantic Field(s): to Hurry, Hasten, to Jump, Leap
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | ǣ-spring, ǣ-sprynge | n.neut | fountain, lit. water-spring | ASD/ODE | 
| besprengan | vb | to besprinkle | ASD/W7 | |
| spring, spryng | n.masc | spring: source; rising/springing; what springs up | ASD/ODE | |
| springan, sprang, sprungon, sprungen | vb.str.III | to spring, spread, burst forth | LRC | |
| wiell-spring | n | wellspring | ODE | |
| Middle English: | besprengen | vb | to besprinkle | W7 | 
| bespreynt | adj | besprent | W7 | |
| sprenge, springe | n | springe | W7 | |
| spring | n | spring | ODE | |
| springen | vb | to spring | W7 | |
| English: | besprent | adj | sprinkled over | AHD/W7 | 
| gelandesprung | n | skiing jump made from low crouch | AHD/W7 | |
| klipspringer | n | small agile African antelope | AHD | |
| spring, sprang, sprung | vb.str | to leap, dart, shoot, move elastically | AHD/W7 | |
| spring | n | (water) source; season of growth | IEW/W7 | |
| springbok | n | small S African brown/white leaping gazelle | AHD | |
| springe | n | noose fastened to elastic to catch small game | AHD/W7 | |
| springle | n | springe, bird trap/snare | IEW | |
| wellspring | n | fountainhead, source of supply | W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | springa | vb | to spring, spread, burst forth | ASD | 
| Middle Dutch: | spring | n | spring: source | ODE | 
| springhen | vb | to spring | AHD | |
| Dutch: | springen | vb | to spring | ODE | 
| springer | n | springer: leaper, jumper | AHD | |
| Afrikaans: | klipspringer | n | klipspringer | AHD | 
| springbok | n | springbok | AHD | |
| Old Saxon: | springan | vb | to spring, burst forth | ASD | 
| Middle Low German: | spring | n | spring: source | ODE | 
| Old High German: | spring | n | spring: source | ODE | 
| springan | vb | to spring, jump | W7 | |
| German: | Geländesprung | n.masc | gelandesprung | W7 | 
| springen | vb | to spring, jump | LRC | |
| Sprung | n.masc | leap, jump | W7 | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | springa | vb | to spring | ODE | 
| Icelandic: | springa | vb | to spring, burst, crack | ASD | 
| Hellenic | ||||
| Homeric Greek: | σπέρχω | vb | to speed, hasten, drive fast | LRC | 
| Greek: | ἀσπερχές | adv | unceasingly | LRC | 
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| III | = | class 3 | 
| adj | = | adjective | 
| adv | = | adverb(ial) | 
| masc | = | masculine (gender) | 
| n | = | noun | 
| neut | = | neuter (gender) | 
| str | = | strong (inflection) | 
| vb | = | verb | 
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
| Code | Citation | |
|---|---|---|
| AHD | = | Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000) | 
| ASD | = | Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898) | 
| IEW | = | Julius Pokorny: Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (1959) | 
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin | 
| ODE | = | C.T. Onions: The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (1966) | 
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |