Where does “spoken” come from?

spoken (Scots) comes from Scots speak, 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,...

spoken (Scots): past participle of speak

Definitions

  1. past participle of speak

Ancestry of “spoken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsspeakto speak
2Old Englishsprecanto speak, talk
3Proto-West Germanic*sprekanto speak
4Proto-Germanicsprekanąto speak, to make a noise
5Proto-Indo-Europeanspreg-to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European spreg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sprekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan →