Where does “femsproget” come from?

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

femsproget (Danish): pentalingual

Definitions

  1. pentalingual

Ancestry of “femsproget”, step by step

femsproget traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish sprog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishsproglanguage
2Middle Low Germansprāke—
3Old Saxonsprākaspeech
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

via Danish fem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfemfive
2Old Norsefimmfive
3Proto-Germanicfimffive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →