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Where does “sprēkijō” come from?

sprēkijō (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European spereg- — to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast.

sprēkijō (Proto-Germanic): Alternative form of *sprēkō; speech, speaking,...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of *sprēkō; speech, speaking,...

Ancestry of “sprēkijō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanspereg-to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast

Words derived from “sprēkijō”

  • speech
  • speeches
  • spake
  • speechwriter
  • speechwriting
  • nonspeech
  • speechmaking
  • speechreading
  • spakest
  • speechmaker
  • speechify
  • Ursprache
  • Sprachraum
  • speechlike
  • cyberspeech
  • prespeech
  • sprachbund
  • counterspeech
  • speechifier
  • speechful
  • protospeech
  • midspeech
  • speeching
  • speechification
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