Where does “Spracheinheit” come from?

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

Spracheinheit (German): linguistic unit

Definitions

  1. linguistic unit

Ancestry of “Spracheinheit”, step by step

Spracheinheit 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 Einheit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEinheitunit; unity
2Germaneinsone; one, one o'clock; Alternative form of eines:...
3Middle High Germaneines—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →