Where does “speechway” come from?

speechway (English) comes from English Way, from Middle English way, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic weg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

speechway (English): The speech customs and dialects of a group of people

Definitions

  1. The speech customs and dialects of a group of people

Ancestry of “speechway”, step by step

speechway traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Way

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWayChristianity
2Middle Englishway—
3Old Englishweġway; path; way, road, path
4Proto-West Germanicwegway, road
5Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via English speech

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspeechThe faculty of uttering articulate sounds or...
2Middle Englishspechespeaking, speech; dialogue, discussion,...
3Old Englishspǣċ—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic weg →