Where does “gecyndespræc” come from?
gecyndespræc (Old English) comes from Old English ġecynde, from Old English cynde, from Old English cynd, from Proto-West Germanic *kundi, from Proto-Germanic kinþiz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
gecyndespræc (Old English): idiom
Definitions
- idiom
Ancestry of “gecyndespræc”, step by step
gecyndespræc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English ġecynde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | ġecynde | innate, natural, native; natural |
| 2 | Old English | cynde | innate |
| 3 | Old English | cynd | generation, race |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kundi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kinþiz | kind, race |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Old English sprǣċ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | sprǣċ | speech, language; speech, discourse, language;... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sprēkō | speech, language |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pereg- | to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast; to be... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)per- | to strew, sow, sprinkle; to sow, sprinkle, strew;... |