Where does “speaketh” come from?
Speaketh comes from Middle English speken, Old English sprecan, and Proto-Indo-European spreg-, ultimately from the root (s)per- meaning to spread or scatter.
speaketh (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “speaketh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | speak | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out... |
| 2 | Middle English | speke | — |
| 3 | Old English | specan | Alternative form of sprecan; to speak |
| 4 | Old English | sprecan | to speak, talk |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | to speak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |