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)
- speak
- Law
- speaker
- lawsuit
- spokesman
- outlaw
- outspoken
- lawgiver
- loudspeaker
- speaketh
- lawmaking
- speakest
- spick
- outspokenness
- speakerphone
- lawbreaking
- speakeasy
- doublespeak
- lawlike
- speakership
- outspokenly
- Newspeak
- lawgiving
- unspeaking
- speakable
- prelaw
- newspeak
- unlaw
- powerlaw
- lawing
- scofflaw
- cyberlaw
- misspeak
- speakerly
- speakability
- unspeak
- misspeaking
- nonlaw
- spokesmanship
- greenspeak
- elderspeak
- interspeaker
- lawspeaker
- technospeak
- Volapük
- Fedspeak
- Eurospeak
- intraspeaker
- netspeak
- speakout
- outspeak
- multispeaker
- lawfare
- forespeak
- cyberspeak
- gayspeak
- nukespeak
- nonspeaker
- duckspeak
- techspeak
- spookspeak
- sprechgesang
- doctorspeak
- forespeaking
- upspeak
- speakie
- groupspeak
- unspeakingly
- overspeak
- eduspeak
- forspeak
- speakerless
- mediaspeak
- speako
- childspeak
- respeak
- unlawlike
- lawyerspeak
- militaryspeak
- kidspeak
- lawly
- metalaw
- sublaw
- medspeak
- ecospeak
- speakeress
- Eurolaw
- dogspeak
- Britspeak
- nerdspeak
- Seaspeak
- dataspeak
- prelawsuit
- lawmonger
- speakerine
- Airspeak
- semispeaker
- babyspeak
- gainspeaker
- -speak
- native speaker
- spick-and-span-new
- spick-and-span
- mallspeak
- smokeasy
- neurolaw
- Jewspeak
- farspeak
- femspeak
- lolspeak
- autospeak
- misspeaker
- coachspeak
- forthspeaker
- forthspeak
- forthspeaking
- astrolaw
- golfspeak
- blawg
- spokesbear
- psychspeak
- socspeak
- speakworthy
- Zipf's law
- upspeaker
- boatspeak
- niggerspeak
- sportspeak
- LOLsuit
- spokesbabe
- spicspeak
- wopspeak
- coolspeak
- campaignspeak
- electionspeak
- warspeak
- doublespeaker
- peacespeak
- native-speakerism
- Birtspeak
- queerspeak
- gruntspeak
- mellowspeak
- adultspeak
- Policespeak
- Yankspeak
- BigLaw
- shipspeak
- speakeasylike
- speakerlike
- liberalspeak
- libspeak
- counterlawsuit
- lawbot
- webspeak
- whalespeak
- dolphinspeak
- speakers
- oldspeak
- swardspeak
- warsuit
- unoutspeakable
- administrationspeak
- adminspeak
- armyspeak
- blawger
- blawgosphere
- bronyspeak
- Buffyspeak
- bullspeak
- catspeak
- clanspeak
- climate-speak
- computerspeak
- corpspeak
- Cosmospeak
- counterlaw
- crimespeak
- digispeak
- dragonspeak
- e-law
- ear speaker
- forespeakest
- forespeaketh
- Frog-speak
- Frogspeak
- genderspeak
- grantspeak
- incelspeak
- inspeak
- jackspeak
- jobspeak
- law enforcement
- law-trained
- lawclerk
- lawcode
- lawcraft
- lawish
- lawkeeping
- lawlikeness
- lawscape
- lawsome
- lawspeak
- lawspeaking
- lawsuitable
- legalspeak
- Mainespeak
- managementspeak
- manspeak
- meme-speak
- monkeyspeak
German (39)
- beanspruchen
- Anspruch
- Sprechkapsel
- sprechen
- freisprechen
- Aussprachewörterbuch
- Aussprache
- heiligsprechen
- entsprechen
- unaussprechlich
- aussprechen
- anspruchslos
- Rechtsanspruch
- Native Speaker
- Sprechgesang
- native speaker
- ansprechen
- Sprechmuschel
- seligsprechen
- unaussprechbar
- Lautsprecher
- Sprechblase
- Volapük
- Alleinvertretungsanspruch
- anspruchsberechtigt
- anspruchsvoll
- Dividendenanspruch
- Fernsprechapparat
- Gebietsanspruch
- Lautsprecherwagen
- Rechtsprechung
- zusprechen
- ansprechbar
- Ausspracheregel
- Entsprechung
- Freisprechung
- herumsprechen
- Machtanspruch
- nachsprechen
Dutch (30)
- uitspreken
- spreken
- Volapük
- afspreken
- afspraak
- luidspreker
- spreekkamer
- spreekbeurt
- spreekwijze
- vrijspreken
- spreektaal
- tegenspreken
- kwaadspreken
- kwaadspreker
- inspreken
- spreekuur
- weerspreken
- uitspreking
- spreekbuis
- belastingafspraak
- buikspreken
- uitspreekbaar
- doktersafspraak
- moedertaalspreekster
- onuitspreekbaar
- spreekster
- afspreekbaar
- buikspreekster
- buikspreker
- kwaadspreekster