Where does “Verkaufsgespräch” come from?

Verkaufsgespräch (German) comes from German Gespräch, from Middle High German gespræche, from Old High German gisprāhhi.

Verkaufsgespräch (German): sales talk, sales pitch

Definitions

  1. sales talk, sales pitch

Ancestry of “Verkaufsgespräch”, step by step

Verkaufsgespräch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gespräch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGesprächconversation, chat
2Middle High Germangespræche—
3Old High Germangisprāhhi—

via German verkauf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverkaufsale
Every word from Old High German gisprāhhi →Every word from Middle High German gespræche →Every word from German Gespräch →