Where does “soþspræc” come from?
soþspræc (Old English) comes from Old English sōþ, from Proto-West Germanic sanþ, from Proto-Germanic sanþaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁sónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ēs- — to be.
soþspræc (Old English): a true statement
Definitions
- a true statement
Ancestry of “soþspræc”, step by step
soþspræc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English sōþ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | sōþ | true, sooth; truth; true, actual, real |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | sanþ | true; truth |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sanþaz | true, real |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁sónts | active participle of *h₁ésti; being, existence;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ēs- | to be |
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;... |