Where does “Bildungssprache” come from?

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

Bildungssprache (German): a dialect or register of language used in...

Definitions

  1. a dialect or register of language used in...

Ancestry of “Bildungssprache”, step by step

Bildungssprache 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 Bildung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBildungcultivation, refinement, education, culture;...
2Middle High Germanbildunge—
3Old High Germanbildunga—

Words derived from “Bildungssprache”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old High German sprāhha →Every word from Middle High German sprāche →