Where does “talespråk” come from?
talespråk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk språk, from Middle Low German sprāke, from Old Saxon sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
talespråk (Norwegian Nynorsk): spoken language
Definitions
- spoken language
Ancestry of “talespråk”, step by step
talespråk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Nynorsk språk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | språk | language |
| 2 | Middle Low German | sprāke | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | sprāka | speech |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |
via Norwegian Nynorsk tale
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | tale | <br>; speech; a speech, talk, discourse, an... |
| 2 | Old Norse | tala | speech, discourse; tale, number; number |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |