sprehhan
Old High German
verb
Definitions
- to speak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (speak, say, make a sound) derived from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- (make a sound, speak, utter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*spreg-
Gloss
make a sound, speak, utter
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
- *spreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *gasprakją Proto-Germanic
- *sprekandz Proto-Germanic
- *sprekaną Proto-Germanic
- *sprukiz Proto-Germanic
- besprecan Old English
- forsprecan Old English
- forþsprecan Old English
- gesprecan Old English
- missprecan Old English
- ofersprecan Old English
- specan Old English
- sprecan Old English
- sprecol Old English
- wiþsprecan Old English
- sprechen Middle High German
- spriechen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- shpreh Albanian
- shprehem Albanian
- shprehje Albanian
- sprecan Old Dutch
- gisprekan Old Saxon
- sprekan Old Saxon
- spreka Old Frisian
- spreken Low German
- *iš-perakskā Proto-Albanian
- *spregska Proto-Albanian