spreken
Low German
verb
Definitions
- to speak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Saxon sprekan inherited from Proto-Germanic *sprekaną (speak, say, make a sound).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sprekaną
Gloss
speak, say, make a sound
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newspeak English
- autospeak English
- bespeak English
- bullspeak English
- cyberspeak English
- duckspeak English
- farspeak English
- forespeak English
- forspeak English
- forthspeak English
- inspeak English
- lolspeak English
- mallspeak English
- misspeak English
- newspeak English
- outspeak English
- overspeak English
- respeak English
- speak English
- speakability English
- speakable English
- speakeasy English
- speaker English
- speakest English
- speaketh English
- speakie English
- speaking English
- speako English
- speakout English
- speakworthy English
- textspeak English
- underspeak English
- unspeak English
- upspeak English
- withspeak English
- spiikki Finnish
- Gespräch German
- Neusprech German
- Sprecher German
- Sprechkapsel German
- Sprechmuschel German
- Sprechsprache German
- Sprechstunde German
- Sprechweise German
- Sprechwerkzeuge German
- ansprechen German
- aussprechen German
- besprechen German
- entsprechen German
- freisprechen German
- heiligsprechen German
- herumsprechen German
- nachsprechen German
- seligsprechen German
- sprechen German
- versprechen German
- vorsprechen German
- widersprechen German
- zusprechen German
- aanspreken Dutch, Flemish
- afspreken Dutch, Flemish
- bespreken Dutch, Flemish
- buikspreken Dutch, Flemish
- inspreken Dutch, Flemish
- kwaadspreken Dutch, Flemish
- spreekbeurt Dutch, Flemish
- spreekbuis Dutch, Flemish
- spreekkamer Dutch, Flemish
- spreekkoor Dutch, Flemish
- spreekstalmeester Dutch, Flemish
- spreektaal Dutch, Flemish
- spreekuur Dutch, Flemish
- spreekwijze Dutch, Flemish
- spreekwoord Dutch, Flemish
- spreken Dutch, Flemish
- spreker Dutch, Flemish
- tegenspreken Dutch, Flemish
- uitspreken Dutch, Flemish
- verspreken Dutch, Flemish
- weerspreken Dutch, Flemish
- *spreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *sprekandz Proto-Germanic
- *sprekaną Proto-Germanic
- *sprukiz Proto-Germanic
- szprechać Polish
- specan Old English
- sprecan Old English
- speken Middle English
- spraka Old Norse
- newspeak Czech
- novořeč Czech
- šprechtit Czech
- sprēken Middle Dutch
- sprehhan Old High German
- spikka Faroese
- spráka Faroese
- sprecan Old Dutch
- gisprekan Old Saxon
- sprekan Old Saxon
- sprekke Western Frisian
- sprekker Western Frisian
- spreka Old Frisian
- pük Volapük
- spikön Volapük
- Gespreek Low German
- utspreken Low German
- piki Sranan Tongo