Where does “bildungssprachlich” come from?
bildungssprachlich (German) comes from German Bildungssprache, from German sprāche, from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
bildungssprachlich (German): erudite
Definitions
- erudite
Ancestry of “bildungssprachlich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bildungssprache | a dialect or register of language used in... |
| 2 | German | sprāche | language body of words, and set of methods of combining them |
| 3 | Middle High German | sprāche | — |
| 4 | Old High German | sprāhha | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |