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
- A support structure that connects the axle or the...
Ancestry of “spoke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | spoke | A spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge... |
| 2 | Old English | spāca | spoke |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *spaikā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | spaikō | — |
Words derived from “spoke”