Where does “sprak” come from?

sprak (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German sprāke, from Old Saxon sprāka, from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku — speech, language.

Ancestry of “sprak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germansprāke
2Old Saxonsprākaspeech
3Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

Words derived from “sprak

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprākuEvery word from Old Saxon sprākaEvery word from Middle Low German sprāke