Where does “teiknspråk” come from?

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

teiknspråk (Norwegian Nynorsk): sign language

Definitions

  1. sign language

Ancestry of “teiknspråk”, step by step

teiknspråk 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 teikn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskteikna sign; a character
2Old Norseteikn—
3Proto-Germanictaiknąsign, token, symbol
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →