Where does “sprekan” come from?

sprekan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic sprekaną, from Proto-Indo-European spreg- — to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...

sprekan (Old Saxon): to speak

Definitions

  1. to speak

Ancestry of “sprekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sprekanto speak
2Proto-Germanicsprekanąto speak, to make a noise
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspreg-to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...

Words derived from “sprekan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European spreg-Every word from Proto-Germanic sprekanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan
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