Where does “Sondersprache” come from?

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

Sondersprache (German): subvariety of a language used by a certain group i.e. jargon, argot, cant, slang

Definitions

  1. subvariety of a language used by a certain group i.e. jargon, argot, cant, slang

Ancestry of “Sondersprache”, step by step

Sondersprache 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 sonder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansonderwithout; except; not including
2Proto-Germanicsundrazseparate, isolated, alone
3Proto-Indo-Europeansnter-—

Words derived from “Sondersprache”

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