Where does “Sprachraum” come from?

Sprachraum (German) comes from German raum, from Middle High German rūm, from Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Sprachraum (German): Sprachraum, language area, language zone;...

Definitions

  1. Sprachraum, language area, language zone;...

Ancestry of “Sprachraum”, step by step

Sprachraum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German raum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanraumwide; space
2Middle High Germanrūm—
3Old High Germanrūm—
4Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
5Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

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

Words derived from “Sprachraum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →
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