Where does “sprachteil” come from?

sprachteil (German) comes from German Teil, from Middle High German teil, from Old High German teil, from Proto-West Germanic daili, from Proto-Germanic dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- — part, watershed.

sprachteil (German): part of speech the function a word or phrase performs

Definitions

  1. part of speech the function a word or phrase performs

Ancestry of “sprachteil”, step by step

sprachteil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Teil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTeilpart, piece; fraction of a whole; thing
2Middle High Germanteil—
3Old High Germanteil—
4Proto-West Germanicdailipart
5Proto-Germanicdailizpart, portion, deal
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰayl-part, watershed

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰayl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dailiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic daili →