Where does “spǣċ” come from?
spǣċ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.
Ancestry of “spǣċ”, step by step
spǣċ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-West Germanic *sprāku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprāku | speech, language |
via Proto-Germanic *sprāku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *sprāku | — |