Where does “allmänspråk” come from?

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

allmänspråk (Swedish): language commonly used within some language community, as opposed to for example jargon or more uncommon regional language features

Definitions

  1. language commonly used within some language community, as opposed to for example jargon or more uncommon regional language features

Ancestry of “allmänspråk”, step by step

allmänspråk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish språk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishspråklanguage
2Old Swedishsprak—
3Middle Low Germansprāke—
4Old Saxonsprākaspeech
5Proto-West Germanic*sprākuspeech, language

via Swedish allmän

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishallmängeneral (universal)
2Old Norsealmennr—

Words derived from “allmänspråk”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →