Where does “sprēken” come from?

sprēken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Saxon sprekan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic sprekaną, from Proto-Indo-European spreg- — to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...

sprēken (Middle Dutch): to speak, to say

Definitions

  1. to speak, to say

Ancestry of “sprēken”, step by step

sprēken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon sprekan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonsprekanto speak
2Proto-West Germanic*sprekanto speak
3Proto-Germanicsprekanąto speak, to make a noise
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspreg-to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...

via Old Dutch sprecan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchsprecanto speak
2Proto-Germanic*sprekan—

Words derived from “sprēken”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spreg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sprekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan →