besprecan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to speak about; bespeak, mention
- to speak to, tell, plead, speak against
- to complain, charge, accuse; beguilt, speak ill of
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bisprekaną (blame, discuss, speak about) prefix from Old English sprecan (speak).
Origin
Old English
sprecan
Gloss
speak
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *bisprekaną Proto-Germanic
- *sprekaną Proto-Germanic
- *bespecan Old English
- forsprecan Old English
- forþsprecan Old English
- missprecan Old English
- ofersprecan Old English
- sprecan Old English
- sprecol Old English
- wiþsprecan Old English
- besprechan Old High German
- bisprehhan Old High German
- bespriechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *bisprekan Old Dutch