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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.

Sprachstörung (German): speech disorder

Definitions

  1. speech disorder

Ancestry of “Sprachstörung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStörungdisturbance; dysfunction, disorder
2Germanstörento disturb, to interfere, to bother
3Middle High Germanstören—
4Old High Germanstōren—
5Proto-West Germanic*staurijan—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *staurijan →