Proto-Norse

English

Etymology

proto- +‎ Norse

Proper noun

Proto-Norse

1. An Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved from Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD.

Synonyms

• Ancient Nordic
• Old Scandinavian
• Primitive Norse
• Proto-Nordic
• Proto-North Germanic
• Proto-Scandinavian

Translations

Indo-European language

• Danish: urnordisk n
• Dutch: Oernoords n
• Esperanto: praskandinava lingvo
• Faroese: frumnorrønt n
• Finnish: kantaskandinaavi
• French: proto-norrois m

• Galician: protonórdico m
• German: Urnordisch (de) n
• Icelandic: frumnorræna f
• Italian: proto-norreno m
• Swedish: urnordiska (sv) c

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Proto-Norse terms

Anagrams

• retroposon