Dictionary noun *sprengh- springen Sprung Seitensprung

der Seitensprung

(noun)

Meanings

1.
the fling, the infidelity
(Basically the word for a one time instance of cheating. Does involve sex, so just flirting and kissing wouldn't be a Seitensprung yet.)
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Word Family

Root: *sprengh-

The original idea of the root was:

to move suddenly,  to spring

The only English offspring I could find mentioned in the sources is the word spring. And all its meanings actually come from this core idea.

  • to spring (suddenly moving)
  • spring -season (where stuff begins, flowers “bursting forth”)
  • spring – source (where water “jumps out”)
  • spring – coil (something that “suddenly jumps”)
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