Where does “Sprachkorpus” come from?

Sprachkorpus (German) comes from German korpus, from Latin corpus, from Proto-Italic korpos, from Proto-Indo-European krépos, from Proto-Indo-European krep- — body.

Sprachkorpus (German): language corpus

Definitions

  1. language corpus

Ancestry of “Sprachkorpus”, step by step

Sprachkorpus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German korpus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankorpuscorpus
2Latincorpusbody, person; substance, material; the flesh of...
3Proto-Italickorposbody
4Proto-Indo-Europeankréposbody
5Proto-Indo-Europeankrep-body

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krep-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kréposEvery word from Proto-Italic korpos