Proto-Germanic

English

Etymology

From proto- +‎ Germanic.

Pronunciation

• enPR: prō′tō-jûr-măn′ĭk
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹəʊ̯.təʊ̯.d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/, /ˌpɹəʊ̯.təʊ̯.d͡ʒɜːˈman.ɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹoʊ̯.toʊ̯.d͡ʒɜɹˈmæn.ɪk/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹəʉ̯.təʉ̯.d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/, /ˌpɹɐʉ̯.tɐʉ̯.d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɐʉ̯.tɐʉ̯.d͡ʒøːˈmɛn.ək/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹo.to.d͡ʒɛɹˈman.ɪk/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˌpɾoː.ʈoː.d͡ʒɜː(ɾ)ˈma(ː)n.ɪk/, /ˌpɾoː.ʈoː.d͡ʒɛɾˈma(ː)n.ɪk/, /ˌpɾoː.ʈoː.d͡ʒəɾˈma(ː)n.ɪk/
• Rhymes: -ænɪk
• Hyphenation: Pro‧to-Ger‧man‧ic

Proper noun

Proto-Germanic

2. (linguistics) Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language of all Germanic languages, including English; a descendant of Proto-Indo-European.

   Synonyms: Common Germanic, Germanic (“proto-language”), (abbreviation) PGmc, Ur-Germanic

Related terms

• Germanic (“language family”)
• GPL

Translations

hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language — see also Germanic

• Belarusian: прагерма́нская f (prahjermánskaja)
• Czech: pragermánština f
• Danish: urgermansk
• Dutch: Oergermaans (nl) n, Proto-Germaans n
• Estonian: alggermaani, germaani algkeel
• Faroese: frumgermanskt n
• Finnish: kantagermaaninen kieli
• French: proto-germanique (fr)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Oergermaansk

• 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)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Germanic terms

Further reading

• “Proto-Germanic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.