Proto-Germanic

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ Germanic.

Proper noun

Proto-Germanic

1. Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language of all Germanic languages, including English.

Synonyms

• Common Germanic
• Germanic (sense: proto-language)
• Ur-Germanic

Related terms

• GPL
• Germanic (sense: language family)

Translations

hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language — see also Germanic

• Belarusian: прагерма́нская f (prahjermánskaja)
• Czech: pragermánština f
• Danish: urgermansk
• Dutch: Oergermaans n, Proto-Germaans n
• Estonian: alggermaani, germaani algkeel
• Faroese: frumgermanskt n
• Finnish: kantagermaaninen kieli
• French: proto-germanique (fr)
• Georgian: პროტო-გერმანული ენა (ṗroṭo-germanuli ena), საერთო გერმანიკული ენა (saerto germaniḳuli ena), პროტოგერმანიკული (ṗroṭogermaniḳuli), პროტოგერმანიკული ენა (ṗroṭogermaniḳuli ena)
• German: Urgermanisch (de) n, urgermanische Sprache f
• Hungarian: ősgermán, protogermán
• Icelandic: frumgermanska f
• Italian: proto-germanico, protogermanico (it)
• Japanese: ゲルマン祖語 (ja) (Geruman-sogo)
• Korean: 게르만조어 (Gereumanjo'eo)
• Latin: protogermānicus
• Macedonian: прагермански m (pragermanski)
• Norwegian: urgermansk (no) m
• Occitan: protogermanic
• Polish: pragermański (pl)
• Portuguese: protogermânico (pt) m
• Romanian: protogermanică f
• Russian: прагерма́нский (ru) m (pragermánskij) (язы́к)
• Slovak: pragermánčina f
• Slovene: pragermanščina
• Spanish: protogermánico m
• Swedish: urgermanska (sv) c
• Turkish: Ana Cermence (tr)
• West Frisian: Oergermaansk

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Proto-Germanic terms