Where does “Sperantapükik” come from?
Sperantapükik (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,...
Sperantapükik (Volapük): of or pertaining to Esperanto
Definitions
- of or pertaining to Esperanto
Ancestry of “Sperantapükik”, step by step
Sperantapükik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Volapük Sperantapük
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to speak |
| 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,... |
via Volapük ik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volapük | ik | adjective morpheme |