Words that come from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan

400 words across 40 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan — including speak, Law, speaker, lawsuit, spokesman, outlaw, outspoken, lawgiver.

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English (211)

German (39)

Dutch (30)

Volapük (20)

Scottish Gaelic (10)

Middle English (10)

Old English (9)

Luxembourgish (6)

French (4)

Russian (4)

Scots (4)

Finnish (4)

Low German (3)

Italian (3)

Faroese (3)

Serbo-Croatian (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Swedish (3)

Cornish (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Polish (2)

Danish (2)

Esperanto (2)

Turkish (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old Saxon (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

Korean (1)

Czech (1)

Japanese (1)

Chinese (1)

Swahili (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Indonesian (1)

Middle High German (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Fijian (1)

Romanian (1)

Macedonian (1)