Where does “sprāche” come from?

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

sprāche (German): language body of words, and set of methods of combining them

Definitions

  1. language body of words, and set of methods of combining them

Ancestry of “sprāche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansprāche—
2Old High Germansprāhha—
3Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

Words derived from “sprāche”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old High German sprāhha →Every word from Middle High German sprāche →