Where does “einzelsprachlich” come from?
einzelsprachlich (German) comes from German Einzelsprache, from German sprāche, from Middle High German sprāche, from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
einzelsprachlich (German): pertaining to one or more individual languages
Definitions
- pertaining to one or more individual languages
Ancestry of “einzelsprachlich”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Einzelsprache | a single language contrasted with language families, dialect continua or human language in general |
| 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 |