Where does “minoritetsspråk” come from?

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

minoritetsspråk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a minority language

Definitions

  1. a minority language

Ancestry of “minoritetsspråk”, step by step

minoritetsspråk 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 minoritet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskminoritetminority
2Medieval Latinminoritas—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →