Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “sprecher” come from?

sprecher (Middle High German) comes from Old High German sprechāri, from Old High German sprecho, from Proto-Germanic sprekô — speaker.

Ancestry of “sprecher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germansprechāri—
2Old High Germansprecho—
3Proto-Germanicsprekôspeaker

Words derived from “sprecher”

  • Lautsprecher
  • Nachrichtensprecher
  • Fernsprecher
  • Sprecher
Every word from Proto-Germanic sprekô →