Where does “ausbau” come from?
ausbau (English) comes from German Ausbausprache, from German sprāche, from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
ausbau (English): Constituting a standard; being standardized;...
Definitions
- Constituting a standard; being standardized;...
Ancestry of “ausbau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ausbausprache | standard language |
| 2 | German | sprāche | language body of words, and set of methods of combining them |
| 3 | Middle High German | sprāche | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sprāhha | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |