Where does “sprog” come from?
sprog (Danish) comes from Middle Low German sprāke, from Old Saxon sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku.
sprog (Danish): language
Ancestry of “sprog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | sprāke | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | sprāka | speech |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | — |
Words derived from “sprog”