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Where does “spāca” come from?

spāca (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic spaikō.

spāca (Old English): spoke

Definitions

  1. spoke

Ancestry of “spāca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*spaikā—
2Proto-Germanicspaikō—

Words derived from “spāca”

  • spoke
  • spokesman
  • spokesperson
  • spoked
  • spokeshave
  • spokest
  • spokesmanship
  • spokespersonship
  • spokeless
  • spokewise
  • respoke
  • unspoked
  • multispoked
  • multispoke
  • スポークスマン
  • spoke
  • spok
  • spook
Every word from Proto-Germanic spaikō →