Where does “sprogbrug” come from?

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

sprogbrug (Danish): language use

Definitions

  1. language use

Ancestry of “sprogbrug”, step by step

sprogbrug 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 brug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbruguse, application; usage; farm
2Middle Low Germanbrūk—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →