sprogti

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian sprâgt (“to burst, to blast”). Perhaps from a g-extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)perH- (“to trample, to spurn”) > *sprh₂eg- (“to crack, to bust”), akin to Proto-Slavic *pьrga (“pollen, bloom”), Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (“to speak”), Ancient Greek σφρᾱγῑ́ς (sphrāgī́s, “seal”), σφαραγέομαι (spharagéomai, “to crackle, to sizzle”).

Possibly further akin to Lithuanian spragė́ti (“to click”).

Verb

sprógti (third-person present tense sprógsta, third-person past tense sprógo)

1. (intransitive) to explode, to blow up, to shatter
2. (intransitive) to burst, to crack

   Synonym: plýšti

Further reading

• “sprogti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “sprogti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
• “sprogti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012