speakest

English

Alternative forms

• speak'st (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English speak

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Indo-European *-tHós

Proto-Indo-European *-istHos

Proto-Germanic *-istaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ist

Old English -est

Middle English -est

English -est

English speakest

From speak + -est.

Verb

speakest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of speak