User:Rua/Modern Germanic

Imagine what things would have been like if people still spoke the old Germanic language. Of course a modern language would need words for modern concepts. What words would they use for things that didn't exist two thousand years ago? I've made a short list of words that those people might have coined if they still lived today.

If you have any to add, go right ahead!

Electronics edit

Social media edit

Computing edit

Sport edit

Transport edit

Sciences edit

Branches edit

Scientists edit

Particles edit

Elements edit

Other materials edit

Epidemiology/pathology edit

Evolutionary theory edit

Taxonomy edit

Animals edit

Chordate edit
Dinosauria edit
Mammal edit
Primate edit
Hominidae edit
Homo edit
Ursidae edit

Plants edit

Fungi edit

Astronomy edit

Units edit

Planets edit

Stars edit

  • Sun:
  • Sirius:
    • *Sīrijaz m (Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios))
    • *Alfō Kaniz Majōriz n
  • Canopus:
    • *Kanōpaz m (Latin Canopus)
    • *Alfō Karīnōz n
  • Alpha Centauri:
    • *Alfō Kentauras n
    • *Regelaz Kentauraz m (Arabic رِجْل (rijl) via Ancient Greek *Ρεγελος)
    • *Zalīmānaz m (Arabic الظَّلِيمَان (aẓ-ẓalīmān) via Ancient Greek *Ζαλειμᾱνος)
    • *Pruhsimō Kentauras f (Latin proximus)
  • Arcturus:
  • Vega:
    • *Wākijaz m (Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) via Ancient Greek *Ουᾱκεος)
    • *Alfō Lirōz n
  • Capella:
    • *Kapellō f (Latin capella)
    • *Alfō Aurīgōz n
    • *Alfō Auzejakōz n
  • Rigel:
    • *Regelaz m (Arabic رِجْل (rijl) via Ancient Greek *Ρεγελος)
    • *Bētō Ōrījaz n
  • Procyon:
    • *Prukjô m (Ancient Greek Προκύων (Prokúōn))
    • *Alfō Kaniz Minōriz n
  • Achernar:
    • *Āherannaraz m (Arabic آخر النهر via Ancient Greek *Ᾱχερανναρος)
    • *Alfō Ēridanas n
  • Betelgeuse:
    • *Iftalgauzāaz m (Arabic إبط الجوزاء via Ancient Greek *Εβταλγαυζᾱος)
    • *Jadalgauzāaz m (Arabic يد الجوزاء via Ancient Greek *Ιαδαλγαυζᾱος)
    • *Alfō Ōrījaz n

Satellites edit

Constellations edit

Mathematics edit

Linguistics edit

Germanic languages edit

Grammar edit

Case edit

Gender edit

Mood edit

Number edit

Parts of speech edit

Person edit

Tense edit

Voice edit

Phonology edit

Philosophy edit

Politics edit

Economics edit

Foreign/modern food edit

By necessity, a lot of these are loanwords rather than constructed from native roots.

Military edit

Ground edit

Sea edit

Countries edit

Africa edit

Asia edit

America edit

Oceania edit

Europe edit

Regions/provinces edit

Asia edit

India edit

Oman edit

  • Ad Dakhiliyah:
    • *Addāhilījō f (Arabic الداخلية via Ancient Greek *Αδδᾱχελεια)
  • Ad Dhahirah:
  • Al Batinah:
    • *Albātinō f (Arabic الباطنة via Ancient Greek *Αλβᾱτενᾱ)
  • Al Wusta:
    • *Alwustāz m (Arabic الوسطى via Ancient Greek *Αλουοστας)
  • Ash Sharqiyah:
    • *Assarhījō f (Arabic الشرقية via Ancient Greek *Ασσαρχεια)
  • Dhofar:
    • *Zufāraz m (Arabic ظفار via Ancient Greek *Ζοφᾱρος)
  • Musandam:
    • *Musandamaz m (Arabic مسندم via Ancient Greek *Μοσανδαμος)

Pakistan edit

Saudi Arabia edit

  • Asir:
  • Hejaz:
  • Najd:
    • *Nagdaz m (Arabic نَجْدٌ‎ (najdun) via Ancient Greek *Ναγδος)

Yemen edit

  • Hadramaut:
    • *Adramauþaz f (Arabic حضرموت via Ancient Greek *Αδραμαυθος)
  • Socotra:
    • *Sukutrāz f (Arabic سقطرى via Ancient Greek *Σοκοτρᾱς)

Europe edit

Germany edit

The Netherlands edit

Portugal edit

Spain edit

Switzerland edit

United Kingdom edit

North America edit

Canada edit

Oceania edit

Australia edit

Cities edit

Africa edit

Algeria edit

  • Algiers:
    • *Algāsirôz f pl (Arabic الجزائر via Ancient Greek *Αλγᾱζεραι)
  • Constantine:
  • Oran:

Egypt edit

  • Alexandria:
  • Aswan:
  • Cairo:
  • Giza:
    • *Gīsō f (Arabic الجيزة via Ancient Greek *Γῑζᾱ)
  • Mansoura:
  • Port Said:
    • *Purtuz Sajīdaz m (Latin portus + Arabic سعيد via Ancient Greek *Σαῑδος)
  • Suez:
    • *Suwaisaz m (Arabic السويس via Ancient Greek *Σουαισος)

Libya edit

Mauritania edit

  • Nouakchott:
    • *Nuwāhsūtaz m (Arabic نواكشوط via Ancient Greek *Νουᾱξουτος)

Morocco edit

  • Casablanca:
  • Fez:
    • *Fāsaz m (Arabic فاس (fās) via Ancient Greek *Φᾱσος)
  • Marrakesh:
    • *Murrahusaz m (Arabic مراكش via Ancient Greek *Μορραχοσος)
  • Meknes:
    • *Mihnāsaz m (Arabic مكناس via Ancient Greek *Μεχνᾱσος)
  • Rabat:
  • Tangier:

Somalia edit

  • Mogadishu:
    • *Makadīsūz m (Arabic مقديشو‎ via Ancient Greek *Μακαδῑσους)

Sudan edit

Tunisia edit

  • Sfax:
    • *Sifākisaz m (Arabic صفاقس via Ancient Greek *Σιφᾱκεσος)
  • Sousse:
    • *Sūsō f (Arabic سوسة via Ancient Greek *Σουσᾱ)
  • Tunis:
    • *Þūnisaz m (Arabic تونس‎ via Ancient Greek *Θουνεσος)

Asia edit

Afghanistan edit

  • Ghazni:
    • *Gaznīz m (Arabic غزني via Ancient Greek *Γαζνῑς)
  • Herat:
    • *Erāþaz m (Arabic هرات via Ancient Greek *Ερᾱθος)
  • Jalalabad:
    • *Galālābādaz m (Arabic جلال آباد via Ancient Greek *Γαλᾱλᾱβᾱδος)
  • Kabul:
    • *Hābulaz m (Arabic کابل via Ancient Greek *Χᾱβολος)
  • Kandahar:
    • *Kandaāraz m (Arabic قندهار‎ via Ancient Greek *Κανδαᾱρος)
  • Khost:
    • *Hausþaz m (Arabic خوست‎ via Ancient Greek *Χαυσθος)
  • Kunduz:
    • *Kundūzaz m (Arabic قندوز‎ via Ancient Greek *Κονδουζος)
  • Mazar-i-Sharif:
    • *Mazārisarīfaz m (Arabic مزار شریف via Ancient Greek *Μαζᾱρεσαρῑφος)
  • Puli Khumri:
    • *Fulikumbrīz m (Arabic پلخمری via Ancient Greek *Φολεχομβρῑς)
  • Taloqan:
    • *Tālukānaz m (Arabic طالقان via Ancient Greek *Τᾱλοκᾱνος)

Bahrain edit

  • Manama:

Bangladesh edit

  • Barisal:
  • Chittagong:
  • Dhaka:
    • *Dākō f (ঢাকা (ḍhaka) via Ancient Greek *Δᾱκᾱ)
  • Khulna:
  • Mymensingh:
  • Rajshahi:
  • Rangpur:
    • *Rampuraz m (রংপুর (roṅpur) via Ancient Greek *Ραμπορος)
  • Sylhet:

India edit

  • Agartala:
    • *Agaratalō f (शिमला (śimlā) via Ancient Greek *Αγαραταλᾱ)
  • Ahmedabad:
  • Aizawl:
  • Amaravati:
  • Bengaluru:
    • *Bangalauraz m (बंगलौर (baṅglaur) via Ancient Greek *Βαγγαλαυρος)
  • Bhopal:
  • Bhubaneswar:
  • Chandigarh:
  • Chennai:
  • Daman:
    • *Damanaz m (दमन (daman) via Ancient Greek *Δαμανος)
  • Dehradun:
  • Delhi:
  • Dharamshala:
    • *Darmasālō f (शिमला (śimlā) via Ancient Greek *Δαρμασᾱλᾱ)
  • Dimapur:
  • Dispur:
  • Faridabad:
  • Gairsain:
  • Gandhinagar:
    • *Gāndīnagaraz m (बंगलौर (baṅglaur) via Ancient Greek *Γᾱνδειναγαρος)
  • Gangtok:
  • Guwahati:
  • Hyderabad:
  • Imphal:
  • Indore:
  • Itanagar:
    • *Ītānagaraz m (ईटानगर (īṭāngar) via Ancient Greek *Ειτᾱναγαρος)
  • Jaipur:
    • *Zajapuraz m (जयपुर (jaypur) via Ancient Greek *Ζαιαπορος)
  • Jammu:
  • Jamshedpur:
  • Kanpur:
  • Kargil:
  • Kavaratti:
  • Kochi:
  • Kolkata:
  • Kohima:
  • Leh:
    • *Glēz m (གླེ (gle) via Ancient Greek *Γλης)
    • *Lēaz m (लेह (leh) via Ancient Greek *Ληος)
  • Lucknow:
    • *Lahanaūz m (लखनऊ (lakhnaū) via Ancient Greek *Λαχαναους)
  • Ludhiana:
  • Mumbai:
    • *Mumbaīz m (मुंबई (mumbaī) via Ancient Greek *Μομβαεις)
  • Nagpur:
  • Panaji:
    • *Panazīz m (पणजी (paṇjī) via Ancient Greek *Παναζεις)
  • Patna:
    • *Patanō f (पटना (paṭnā) via Ancient Greek *Πατανᾱ)
  • Pondicherry:
  • Raipur:
  • Ranchi:
    • *Rānsīz m (राँची (rā̃cī) via Ancient Greek *Ρᾱνσεις)
  • Shillong:
  • Shimla:
  • Srinagar:
  • Thiruvananthapuram:
  • Visakhapatnam:

Iran edit

  • Ahvaz:
  • Esfahan:
    • *Isfānaz m (Arabic اصفهان via Ancient Greek *Εσφαᾱνας)
  • Karaj:
    • *Haragaz m (Arabic كرج via Ancient Greek *Χαραγος)
  • Mashhad:
    • *Masadaz m (Arabic مشهد via Ancient Greek *Μασαδος)
  • Qom:
    • *Kumaz m (Arabic قم via Ancient Greek *Κομος)
  • Shiraz:
    • *Sīrāsaz m (Arabic شيراز via Ancient Greek *Σῑρᾱζος)
  • Tabriz:
    • *Þabrīsaz m (Arabic تبريز via Ancient Greek *Θαβρῑζος)
  • Tehran:
    • *Terānaz m (Arabic طهران via Ancient Greek *Τερᾱνος)

Iraq edit

  • Baghdad:
    • *Bagdādaz m (Arabic بغداد via Ancient Greek *Βαγδᾱδος)
  • Basra:
    • *Basrō f (Arabic البصرة via Ancient Greek *Βασρᾱ)
  • Erbil:
  • Mosul:
    • *Mausilaz m (Arabic الموصل via Ancient Greek *Μαυσελος)

Jordan edit

  • Amman:
    • *Ammānaz m (Arabic عَمّان (ʕammān) via Ancient Greek *Αμμᾱνος)
  • Aqaba:

Kyrgyzstan edit

  • Bishkek:
    • *Bīshihaz m (Arabic بيشكك via Ancient Greek *Βῑσχεχος)
  • Osh:
    • *Ōsaz m (Arabic أوش via Ancient Greek *Ωσος)

Lebanon edit

  • Beirut:
    • *Bairūþaz m (Arabic بيروت‎ via Ancient Greek *Βαιρουθος)
  • Sidon:
  • Tripoli:
  • Tyre:

Myanmar edit

Nepal edit

Oman edit

  • Muscat:
    • *Maskataz m (Arabic مسقط via Ancient Greek *Μασκατος)
  • Salalah:
    • *Salālō f (Arabic صلالة‎ via Ancient Greek *Σαλᾱλᾱ)

Palestine edit

  • Bethlehem:
  • Gaza:
    • *Gasō f (Ancient Greek Γάζα (Gáza))
  • Hebron:
  • Jericho:
  • Nablus:
  • Ramallah:
    • *Rāmallāaz m (Arabic رام الله (rām allāh) via Ancient Greek *Ρᾱμαλλᾱος)

Pakistan edit

Qatar edit

Saudi Arabia edit

  • Dammam:
    • *Dammāmaz m (Arabic الدمام via Ancient Greek *Δαμμᾱμος)
  • Jeddah:
    • *Geddō f (Arabic جدة‎ via Ancient Greek *Γεδδᾱ)
  • Mecca:
    • *Mahhō f (Arabic مكة via Ancient Greek *Μαχχᾱ)
  • Medina:
  • Riyadh:

Sri Lanka edit

Syria edit

  • Aleppo:
  • Damascus:
  • Deir ez-Zor:
  • Hama:
    • *Īmaþaz m (Ancient Greek Ημαθ (Ēmath))
  • Homs:
  • Latakia:
  • Raqqa:
    • *Rakkō m (Arabic الرقة via Ancient Greek *Ρακκᾱ)

Tajikistan edit

  • Dushanbe:
    • *Dūsanbiaz m (Arabic دوشنبه via Ancient Greek *Δουσανβεος)
  • Khujand:
    • *Hugandō f (Arabic خجندة via Ancient Greek *Χογανδᾱ)

Turkey edit

United Arab Emirates edit

  • Abu Dhabi:
    • *Abūzabī f (Arabic أبو ظبي via Ancient Greek *Αβουζαβῑ)
  • Ajman:
    • *Agmānaz m (Arabic عجمان via Ancient Greek *Αγμᾱνος)
  • Al Ain:
  • Dubai:
    • *Dubajaz m (Arabic دبي via Ancient Greek *Δοβαιος)
  • Fujairah:
    • *Fugairō f (Arabic الفجيرة via Ancient Greek *Φογαιρᾱ)
  • Ras Al Khaimah:
  • Sharjah:
  • Umm Al Quwayn:

Yemen edit

  • Aden:
    • *Adinaz m (Arabic عدن via Ancient Greek *Αδενος)
  • Al Hudaydah:
  • Sana'a:
    • *Sanāaz m (Arabic صَنْعَاء (ṣanʕāʔ) via Ancient Greek *Σανᾱος)
  • Taiz:
    • *Þaisaz m (Arabic تعز‎ via Ancient Greek *Θαεζος)

Europe edit

Austria edit

Belarus edit

Belgium edit

Denmark edit

France edit

Germany edit

Greece edit

Iceland edit

Ireland edit

Italy edit

The Netherlands edit

Poland edit

  • Bydgoszcz:
  • Gdansk:
  • Katowice:
    • *Kātawīkō f (*Kat + Proto-Slavic *-ovъ + Proto-Slavic *-ica)
    • *Kantawīkō f (Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ)
  • Lodz:
    • *Aldī f (Proto-Slavic *oldi)
  • Lublin:
  • Szczecin:
  • Terespol:
    • *Tirisōpuliz f (Teresa + Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis))

Portugal edit

Russia edit

Spain edit

  • Barcelona:
  • Bilbao:
  • Burgos:
  • Ciudad Real:
  • Huesca:
    • *Uskō f (Latin Osca)
  • León:
  • Málaga:
  • Osma:
  • Palencia:
  • Pontevedra:
  • Sant Feliu de Llobregat:
  • Seville:
  • Terrassa:
  • Toledo:
  • Valencia:
  • Valladolid:
    • *Wallitulitą n (Celtiberian Vallis Tolitum)
  • Vitoria:
  • Zaragoza:

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

United Kingdom edit