spræc

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sprāki, variant of *sprāku. Cognate with Old Frisian sprēke; the ō-stem variant led to Old Saxon sprāka and Old High German sprāhha.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spræːt͡ʃ/

Noun

sprǣċ f

  1. speech
  2. language

Declension
Declension of spræc (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sprǣċ sprǣċa, sprǣċe
accusative sprǣċe sprǣċa, sprǣċe
genitive sprǣċe sprǣċa
dative sprǣċe sprǣċum

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Middle English: speche, speke, spech, spetch, spæc, spæch, speeche
    • English: speech
    • Scots: spech, spek
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