Where does “Sprachstil” come from?

Sprachstil (German) comes from German stil, from French style, from Middle French stile, from Old French estile, from Latin stylus, from Latin stilus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- — to be sharp; to sting.

Sprachstil (German): speech style

Definitions

  1. speech style

Ancestry of “Sprachstil”, step by step

Sprachstil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German stil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstilstyle
2Frenchstylestyle; fashion, trend, style; flair
3Middle Frenchstilestyle
4Old Frenchestilestyle; manner; fashion
5LatinstylusAlternative form of stilus
6LatinstilusA pointed instrument; stake, pale, spike; A...
7Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

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 (s)teyg- →Every word from Latin stilus →Every word from Latin stylus →