Where does “Sprache” come from?

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

Sprache (German): language body of words, and set of methods of combining them

Definitions

  1. language body of words, and set of methods of combining them

Ancestry of “Sprache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansprāche
2Old High Germansprāhha
3Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

Words derived from “Sprache

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku