Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *sprekanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_sprekaną
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*spregʰ-to cracklespragė́tito crackle, patter
verbStrong class 5to speakProbably from a Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ- (‘to crackle’), and cognate with Old Norse spraka (‘to crackle, patter’), Lithuanian spragė́ti (‘to crackle, patter’). Alternatively, suggested to be from a Proto-Indo-European *spreg- on the basis of Albanian shpreh (‘to express, voice’).