Where does “tosproget” come from?

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

tosproget (Danish): bilingual, especially natively so

Definitions

  1. bilingual, especially natively so

Ancestry of “tosproget”, step by step

tosproget 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 tø

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishtøto thaw, melt; thaw, a warmth of weather
2Old Norsetveirtwo
3Proto-Germanictwaitwo
4Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →