Where does “sprâke” come from?

sprâke (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch sprāka, from Proto-Germanic sprēkō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pereg-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)per- — to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

Ancestry of “sprâke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsprāka—
2Proto-Germanicsprēkōspeech, language
3Proto-Indo-European(s)pereg-to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast; to be...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)per-to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;...

Words derived from “sprâke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)per- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pereg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sprēkō →