Where does “Spraak” come from?

Spraak (North Frisian) comes from Middle Low German sprāke, from Old Saxon sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.

Spraak (North Frisian): language

Definitions

  1. language

Ancestry of “Spraak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansprāke—
2Old Saxonsprākaspeech
3Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →