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Where does “specheles” come from?

specheles (Middle English) comes from Old English sprǣċlēas, from Proto-Germanic sprēkalausaz.

Ancestry of “specheles”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsprǣċlēasspeechless; without the power of speak
2Proto-Germanicsprēkalausaz—

Words derived from “specheles”

  • speechless
  • speechlessness
  • speechlessly
Every word from Proto-Germanic sprēkalausaz →