Where does “Sprachstörung” come from?

Sprachstörung (German) comes from German Störung, from German stören, from Middle High German stören, from Old High German stōren, from Proto-West Germanic *staurijan — to destroy, disturb.

Sprachstörung (German): speech disorder

Definitions

  1. speech disorder

Ancestry of “Sprachstörung”, step by step

Sprachstörung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Störung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStörungdisturbance; dysfunction, disorder
2Germanstörento disturb, to interfere, to bother
3Middle High Germanstören—
4Old High Germanstōren—
5Proto-West Germanic*staurijanto destroy, disturb

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-West Germanic *staurijan →Every word from Old High German stōren →Every word from Middle High German stören →