Where does “speak” come from?

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

speak (Scots): to speak

Definitions

  1. to speak

Ancestry of “speak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsprecanto speak, talk
2Proto-West Germanic*sprekanto speak
3Proto-Germanicsprekanąto speak, to make a noise
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspreg-to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...

Words derived from “speak”

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