Where does “klarspråk” come from?

klarspråk (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.

klarspråk (Swedish): plain and clear language

Definitions

  1. plain and clear language

Ancestry of “klarspråk”, step by step

klarspråk 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 klar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklarready, finished, done; clear; without clouds;...
2Middle Low Germanklār—
3Latinclārusclear, bright
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sprāku →Every word from Old Saxon sprāka →Every word from Middle Low German sprāke →