Where does “Sprachwandel” come from?

Sprachwandel (German) comes from German sprāche, from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.

Sprachwandel (German): language change

Definitions

  1. language change

Ancestry of “Sprachwandel”, step by step

Sprachwandel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via German Wandel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWandeltransformation, change; conduct, behaviour
2Old High Germanwandil—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old High German sprāhha →Every word from Middle High German sprāche →
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