Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sprekaną
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Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editUnknown; suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *spreg- on the basis of Albanian shpreh (“to express, voice”). Alternatively cognate with Old Norse spraka (“to crackle, patter”), Lithuanian spragù (“to crackle, patter”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*sprekaną
- to speak
Inflection
editConjugation of *sprekaną (strong class 5)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *sprekan
References
edit- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*spreg-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 582