出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/04/19 23:26 UTC 版)
From 中期英語 sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
sprent (third-person singular simple present sprents, present participle sprenting, simple past and past participle sprented)
From 中期英語 sprent, sprend (“sprinkled”), past participle of 中期英語 sprengen (“to sprinkle”), from 古期英語 sprengan (“to cause to spring; scatter”), from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną, causative of *springaną (“to spring; jump”). More at spring.