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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.

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāche—
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprāku—

Words derived from “Bildungssprache”

  • bildungssprachlich
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →