Where does “språk” come from?
språk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle Low German sprāke, from Old Saxon sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku.
språk (Norwegian Nynorsk): language
Ancestry of “språk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | sprāke | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | sprāka | speech |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | — |
Words derived from “språk”