Where does “spak” come from?

spak (Swedish) comes from Old Norse spakr, from Proto-Germanic spakaz, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

spak (Swedish): powerless, tired, obedient, tame, calm, easy,...

Definitions

  1. powerless, tired, obedient, tame, calm, easy,...

Ancestry of “spak”, step by step

spak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse spakr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsespakrquiet, gentle; wise, with the notion of prophetic...
2Proto-Germanicspakazwise, clever
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via Old Swedish spaker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishspakerrod, stick, lever
2Middle Low Germanspakebrushwood

Words derived from “spak”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spakaz →Every word from Old Norse spakr →