Where does “Sperantapükan” come from?
Sperantapükan (Volapük) comes from Volapük Sperantapük, from Volapük pük, from English speak, from Middle English speke, from Old English specan, from Old English sprecan, from Proto-West Germanic *sprekan, from Proto-Germanic sprekaną — to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,...
Sperantapükan (Volapük): Esperantist; someone who knows and uses Esperanto
Definitions
- Esperantist; someone who knows and uses Esperanto
Ancestry of “Sperantapükan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Volapük | Sperantapük | Esperanto |
| 2 | Volapük | pük | language |
| 3 | English | speak | To communicate with one's voice, to say words out... |
| 4 | Middle English | speke | — |
| 5 | Old English | specan | Alternative form of sprecan; to speak |
| 6 | Old English | sprecan | to speak, talk |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *sprekan | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sprekaną | to speak, to make a noise |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | spreg- | to make a sound, speak; to make a sound, utter,... |