Where does “spoke” come from?
spoke (Middle English) comes from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic spaikō.
spoke (Middle English): A spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...
Definitions
- A spoke; A sharp spike or projection on the edge...
Ancestry of “spoke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | spāca | spoke |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *spaikā | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | spaikō | — |
Words derived from “spoke”