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Where does “almensproglig” come from?

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

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Ancestry of “almensproglig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsprogligof or pertaining to language
2Danishsproglanguage
3Middle Low Germansprāke—
4Old Saxonsprākaspeech
5Proto-West Germanic*sprāku—
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