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Where does “spereg-” come from?

spereg- (Proto-Indo-European): to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast

Definitions

to shrug, be quick, twitch, splash, blast

Words derived from “spereg-”

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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