"(s)prengʰ-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

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Root

Etymology: Kroonen (2013) links this root to *sperǵʰ- (“to move rapidly”).. This could be from the nasal-infix present, *spr̥néǵʰti ~ *spr̥nǵʰénti. See *sperǵʰ- for more.
  1. to spring Wikipedia link: Brill Publishers, Helmut Rix, Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *sel-
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "*(s)préngʰ-e-ti (thematic present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
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            "2": "",
            "3": ""
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      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "spreñgti",
            "t": "to push, tense, span"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: spreñgti (“to push, tense, span”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: spreñgti (“to push, tense, span”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*φlengeti",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Celtic: *φlengeti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Celtic: *φlengeti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "lingid"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: lingid",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: lingid (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*springaną",
            "t": "to spring, burst"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *springaną (“to spring, burst”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *springaną (“to spring, burst”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*(s)prongʰ-éye-ti (causative)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": "",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*prǫžiti",
            "t": "to prance, recoil"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *prǫžiti (“to prance, recoil”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Slavic: *prǫžiti (“to prance, recoil”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*sprangijaną"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *sprangijaną",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *sprangijaną"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*(s)prongʰ-ó-s (“locust”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": "*(s)prangas"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *(s)prangas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *(s)prangas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*prǫgъ"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *prǫgъ",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Slavic: *prǫgъ (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*lanxsman",
            "alt": "*φlanxsman",
            "t": "jump"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *φlanxsman (“jump”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *φlanxsman (“jump”) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Kroonen (2013) links this root to *sperǵʰ- (“to move rapidly”).. This could be from the nasal-infix present, *spr̥néǵʰti ~ *spr̥nǵʰénti. See *sperǵʰ- for more.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)prengʰ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European roots with s-mobile",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European sCReRC-shaped roots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spring"
      ],
      "id": "en-(s)prengʰ--ine-pro-root-KnMjqoXh",
      "links": [
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*sel-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
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        "Brill Publishers",
        "Helmut Rix",
        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*(s)préngʰ-e-ti (thematic present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": "",
            "3": ""
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "spreñgti",
            "t": "to push, tense, span"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: spreñgti (“to push, tense, span”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: spreñgti (“to push, tense, span”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*φlengeti",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Proto-Celtic: *φlengeti",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Proto-Celtic: *φlengeti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "lingid"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: lingid",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: lingid (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*springaną",
            "t": "to spring, burst"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *springaną (“to spring, burst”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *springaną (“to spring, burst”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*(s)prongʰ-éye-ti (causative)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": "",
            "3": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*prǫžiti",
            "t": "to prance, recoil"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *prǫžiti (“to prance, recoil”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Slavic: *prǫžiti (“to prance, recoil”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*sprangijaną"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Germanic: *sprangijaną",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Germanic: *sprangijaną"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*(s)prongʰ-ó-s (“locust”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
            "2": "*(s)prangas"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *(s)prangas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Balto-Slavic: *(s)prangas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sla-pro",
            "2": "*prǫgъ"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Slavic: *prǫgъ",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Slavic: *prǫgъ (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-pro",
            "2": "*lanxsman",
            "alt": "*φlanxsman",
            "t": "jump"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Celtic: *φlanxsman (“jump”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Celtic: *φlanxsman (“jump”) (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Kroonen (2013) links this root to *sperǵʰ- (“to move rapidly”).. This could be from the nasal-infix present, *spr̥néǵʰti ~ *spr̥nǵʰénti. See *sperǵʰ- for more.",
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)prengʰ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots with s-mobile",
        "Proto-Indo-European sCReRC-shaped roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*sel-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Brill Publishers",
        "Helmut Rix",
        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "(s)prengʰ-"
}

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