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Where does “almensprog” come from?

almensprog (Danish) comes from Danish sprog, from Middle Low German sprāke, from Old Saxon sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku.

almensprog (Danish): vernacular; lingua franca

Definitions

  1. vernacular; lingua franca

Ancestry of “almensprog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsproglanguage
2Middle Low Germansprāke—
3Old Saxonsprākaspeech
4Proto-West Germanic*sprāku—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →