withspeak

Betekenis (Engels)

To speak against; contradict.

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Old Frisian: withspreka

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: wierspreeke

Verwante met Nederlands: weerspreken

Verwante met Duits: widersprechen

In summary

A revival of Middle English withspeken (“to speak against, contradict”), from Old English wiþsprecan (“to contradict, gainsay, revile”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþisprekan, equivalent to with- + speak. Cognate with Old Frisian withspreka (“to disagree”), Saterland Frisian wierspreeke (“to contradict”), Dutch weerspreken (“to contradict”), German widersprechen (“to contradict, gainsay”).