Proto-Germanic language - Wikipedia
WEBProto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branches during the fifth century BC to fifth century AD: West Germanic , East Germanic and North …
Germanic languages - Wikipedia
WEBProto-Germanic. Old Norse. Old English. Old High German. External links. Germanic languages. The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people [nb 1] mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.
Proto-Germanic grammar - Wikipedia
WEBProto-Germanic grammar. Historical linguistics has made tentative postulations about and multiple varyingly different reconstructions of Proto-Germanic grammar, as inherited from Proto-Indo-European grammar. All reconstructed forms …
A Grammar of Proto-Germanic: 1. Introduction - University of …
WEBProto-Germanic (PGmc) is the reconstructed language from which the attested Germanic dialects developed; chief among these are Gothic (Go.) representing East Germanic, Old Norse (ON) representing North Germanic, and Old English (OE), Old Saxon (OS), and Old High German (OHG) representing West Germanic.
West Germanic languages - Wikipedia
WEBValidity of West Germanic as a subgroup. Since at least the early 20th century, a number of morphological, phonological, and lexical archaisms and innovations have been identified as specifically West Germanic. Since then, individual Proto-West Germanic lexemes have also been reconstructed.
Germanic languages | Definition, Language Tree, & List
WEBEast Germanic languages. Proto-Germanic language. (Show more) Germanic languages, branch of the Indo-European language family. Scholars often divide the Germanic languages into three groups: West Germanic, including English, German, and Netherlandic ( Dutch ); North Germanic, including Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and …
Germanic languages - Simple English Wikipedia, the free …
WEBThey came from one language, Proto-Germanic, which was first spoken in Scandinavia in the Iron Age. Today, the Germanic languages are spoken by around 515 million people as a first language . [1] English is the most spoken Germanic language, with 360-400 million native speakers.
Proto-language - Wikipedia
WEBIt is also sometimes called the common or primitive form of a language (e.g. Common Germanic, Primitive Norse). In the strict sense, a proto-language is the most recent common ancestor of a language family, immediately before the family started to diverge into the attested daughter languages.
A Grammar of Proto-Germanic: Contents - University of Texas at …
WEBThis grammar of Proto-Germanic is designed to provide a comprehensive but concise treatment of the language from approximately 2500 B.C. to the beginning of our era. All linguistic components are taken into consideration.
Proto-Germanic - Wikibooks, open books for an open world
WEBMay 11, 2023 · Proto-Germanic. The reconstructed ancestor of the Germanic languages. Contents. A printable version of Proto-Germanic is available. ( edit it) Welcome to this Wikibooks page! This will be intended as a course for the Proto-Germanic language, the ancestor of all Germanic languages spoken after 500 BC in Northern Europe. Prelude.
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