Proto-Germanic language
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Proto-Germanic language
fearlove Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:40 pm
Proto-Germanic (often abbreviated PGmc.), or Common Germanic, as it is sometimes known, is the unattested, reconstructed common ancestor (proto-language) of all the Germanic languages such as modern English, Frisian, Dutch, Afrikaans, German, Luxembourgish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, and Swedish.[1]
The Proto-Germanic language is not directly attested by any surviving texts but has been reconstructed using the comparative method. However, a few surviving inscriptions in a runic script from Scandinavia dated to c. 200 are thought to represent a stage of Proto-Norse or, according to Bernard Comrie, Late Common Germanic immediately following the "Proto-Germanic" stage.[2] Proto-Germanic is itself descended from Proto-Indo-European (PIE).
Words in Proto-Germanic written in this article are transcribed using the system described below under transcription.
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The Proto-Germanic language is not directly attested by any surviving texts but has been reconstructed using the comparative method. However, a few surviving inscriptions in a runic script from Scandinavia dated to c. 200 are thought to represent a stage of Proto-Norse or, according to Bernard Comrie, Late Common Germanic immediately following the "Proto-Germanic" stage.[2] Proto-Germanic is itself descended from Proto-Indo-European (PIE).
Words in Proto-Germanic written in this article are transcribed using the system described below under transcription.
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