Where does “spoke” come from?

spoke (Middle English) comes from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic spaikō — spoke.

spoke (Middle English): A spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...

Definitions

  1. A spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...

Ancestry of “spoke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishspācaspoke
2Proto-West Germanic*spaikāspoke
3Proto-Germanicspaikōspoke

Words derived from “spoke

Every word from Proto-Germanic spaikōEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *spaikāEvery word from Old English spāca