Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sprāku

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *sprākī (“talkative; speaking”) +‎ *-u.

Noun

*sprāku f[1]

  1. speech, language

Inflection

u-stem
Singular
Nominative *sprāku
Genitive *sprākō
Singular Plural
Nominative *sprāku *sprākiwi, *sprākō
Accusative *sprāku *sprākū
Genitive *sprākō *sprākiwō
Dative *sprākiwi, *sprākō *sprākum
Instrumental *sprāku *sprākum

Alternative reconstructions

  • *sprākkijā

Derived terms

  • *spruki

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Sprache”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 690: “wg. *sprǣkō”
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