Where does “sprachkundig” come from?

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

sprachkundig (German): broadly: linguistically knowledgeable

Definitions

  1. broadly: linguistically knowledgeable

Ancestry of “sprachkundig”, step by step

sprachkundig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German sprāche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansprāchelanguage body of words, and set of methods of combining them
2Middle High Germansprāche—
3Old High Germansprāhha—
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

via German kundig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankundigknowledgeable
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old High German sprāhha →Every word from Middle High German sprāche →