Where does “Bergmannssprache” come from?

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

Bergmannssprache (German): the jargon/sociolect spoken by miners

Definitions

  1. the jargon/sociolect spoken by miners

Ancestry of “Bergmannssprache”, step by step

Bergmannssprache 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 Bergmann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBergmannminer, digger, pitman
2Middle High Germanbercman—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old High German sprāhha →Every word from Middle High German sprāche →
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