Where does “Einzelsprache” come from?

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

Einzelsprache (German): a single language contrasted with language families, dialect continua or human language in general

Definitions

  1. a single language contrasted with language families, dialect continua or human language in general

Ancestry of “Einzelsprache”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Einzelsprache”

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