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Where does “spakr” come from?

spakr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic spakaz, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spakr (Old Norse): quiet, gentle; wise, with the notion of prophetic...

Definitions

  1. quiet, gentle; wise, with the notion of prophetic...

Ancestry of “spakr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicspakazwise, clever
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

Words derived from “spakr”

  • spake
  • spakest
  • spaketh
  • växelspak
  • spak
  • spakblock
  • spak
  • spake
  • speki
  • spakur
  • spakmæli
  • speki
  • spakur
  • speki
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →