Where does “gespræc” come from?
gespræc (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
gespræc (Old English): a conversation, discourse, speech, advice
Definitions
- a conversation, discourse, speech, advice
Ancestry of “gespræc”, step by step
gespræc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English ġē
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | ġē | ye |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
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;... |