Where does “Ausbausprache” come from?
Ausbausprache (German) comes from German sprāche, from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
Ausbausprache (German): standard language
Definitions
- standard language
Ancestry of “Ausbausprache”, step by step
Ausbausprache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German sprāche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sprāche | language body of words, and set of methods of combining them |
| 2 | Middle High German | sprāche | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sprāhha | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |
via German Ausbau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ausbau | expansion/update |