Where does “sprach” come from?

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

sprach (German): first/third-person singular preterite of sprechen

Definitions

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of sprechen

Ancestry of “sprach”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sprach”

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