Where does “Ammensprache” come from?

Ammensprache (German) comes from German sprāche, from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.

Ammensprache (German): baby talk, parentese

Definitions

  1. baby talk, parentese

Ancestry of “Ammensprache”, step by step

Ammensprache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

via German Amme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAmmewet nurse; nanny, grandmother, mother
2Middle High Germanamme—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old High German sprāhha →Every word from Middle High German sprāche →