Where does “Sprachanruf” come from?

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

Sprachanruf (German): voice call

Definitions

  1. voice call

Ancestry of “Sprachanruf”, step by step

Sprachanruf 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 Anruf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAnrufa call upon, an appeal e.g., to gods, a court, etc
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprākuEvery word from Old High German sprāhhaEvery word from Middle High German sprāche
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