Where does “Gegenwartssprache” come from?
Gegenwartssprache (German) comes from German sprāche, from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
Gegenwartssprache (German): contemporary language
Definitions
- contemporary language
Ancestry of “Gegenwartssprache”, step by step
Gegenwartssprache 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 gegenwart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | gegenwart | the present |
| 2 | Middle High German | gegenwart | — |
| 3 | Old High German | geginwartī | — |