Etymology

spoke

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Today it means: A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. Full definition →

Middle English spoke ← Old English spāca ← Proto-West Germanic *spaikā
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spoke · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*spaikō
  2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*spaikā
  3. Old English · inherited fromspāca
  4. Middle English · inherited fromspoke
  5. English todayspoke

From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.

spoke · verb2

From Middle English speke, spake, spoke, spak, spek, speken, spoken, from Old English spæc, specen.

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