Where does “spreken” come from?
spreken (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,...
Ancestry of “spreken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | sprekan | to speak |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |
Words derived from “spreken”