Proto-Germanic

English

Etymology

proto- +‎ Germanic

Proper noun

Proto-Germanic

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

Synonyms

• Common Germanic
• Germanic
• Ur-Germanic

Translations

hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language

• Belarusian: прагерма́нская f (prahjermánskaja)
• Czech: pragermánština f
• Danish: urgermansk
• Dutch: Oergermaans n
• Estonian: germaani algkeel
• Faroese: frumgermanskt n
• Finnish: kantagermaaninen kieli
• French: proto-germanique (fr)
• Georgian: პროტო-გერმანული ენა (ṗroṭo-germanuli ena)
• German: Urgermanisch (de) n, urgermanische Sprache f
• Icelandic: forngermanska f
• Italian: proto-germanico
• Japanese: ゲルマン祖語 (ja) (Geruman-sogo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 게르만조어 (Gereumanjo'eo)
• Macedonian: прагермански m (pragermanski)
• Norwegian: urgermansk (no) m
• Polish: pragermański (pl)
• Portuguese: germânico comum m
• Romanian: protogermanică f
• Russian: прагерма́нский (ru) m (pragermánskij) (язы́к)
• Slovak: pragermánčina f
• Slovene: pragermanščina
• Spanish: protogermánico m
• Swedish: urgermanska (sv) c
• West Frisian: Oergermaansk

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Germanic terms