Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “sprāche” come from?

sprāche (Middle High German) comes from Old High German sprāhha, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku.

Ancestry of “sprāche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansprāhha—
2Proto-West Germanic*sprāku—

Words derived from “sprāche”

  • Sprooch
  • däitschsproocheg
  • sproochlech
  • Sproochgebitt
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →