Where does “språk” come from?

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

språk (Swedish): language

Definitions

  1. language

Ancestry of “språk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “språk”

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