Where does “allmennspråk” come from?

allmennspråk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk språk, from Middle Low German sprāke, from Old Saxon sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.

allmennspråk (Norwegian Nynorsk): common everyday language

Definitions

  1. common everyday language

Ancestry of “allmennspråk”, step by step

allmennspråk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk språk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskspråklanguage
2Middle Low Germansprāke—
3Old Saxonsprākaspeech
4Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

via Norwegian Nynorsk allmenn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskallmenncommon, general, public, universal
2Old Norsealmennr—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →