Where does “spoke” come from?

Spoke comes from Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca and sprecan, from Proto-Germanic sprekaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European spreg- and (s)per-.

spoke (English): A support structure that connects the axle or the...

Definitions

  1. A support structure that connects the axle or the...

Ancestry of “spoke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishspokeA spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...
2Old Englishspācaspoke
3Proto-West Germanic*spaikāspoke
4Proto-Germanicspaikōspoke

Words derived from “spoke”

Every word from Proto-Germanic spaikō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā →Every word from Old English spāca →