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proto-germanic (adjective) - Relating to or characteristic of the presumed ancestor of all Germanic languages, spoken in prehistoric times before the first written records
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  • Hypothetical prehistoric ancestor language of all Germanic languages, including English.

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Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic.
The origins of Proto-Germanic ē are somewhat in dispute.
This has made it invaluable in the reconstruction of Proto-Germanic.
The Proto-Germanic vowel system was asymmetric and unstable.
Whether it is to be included under a wider meaning of Proto-Germanic is a matter of usage.
Proto-Germanic reflexes of Indo-European voiced stops had spirant allophones, retained in intervocalic position in Gothic.
This rule remained productive throughout the Proto-Germanic period.
A Swartalfen is an evil elf from proto-Germanic myth who impregnates women with his demon seed.
There were consequently two derivations from the same Proto-Germanic ethnonym.
Tuisto is the Latinized form of a Proto-Germanic theonym that is a matter of some debate.
These shared innovations show that the languages have descended from a single common ancestor called Proto-Germanic.
Worship of Odin may date to Proto-Germanic paganism.
English is a Germanic language, with a grammar and a core vocabulary inherited from Proto-Germanic.
The following is a general picture of the Proto-Germanic situation as reconstructed by Jay Jasanoff.
All Germanic languages are thought to be descended from a hypothetical Proto-Germanic.

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Because of this, it is difficult to reconstruct a Proto-Germanic name for the Elder Futhark rune.
Proto-Norse phonology probably did not differ substantially from that of Proto-Germanic.
Its reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is Thurisaz.
The form of these words imply that they are descended from a Proto-Germanic form * walhiska.
The path from Proto-Germanic to Old French is unclear.
Scholars are uncertain of the origin of the Proto-Germanic form itself.
The Proto-Germanic meaning of *ǥuđán and its etymology is uncertain.
The differences between attested Proto-Norse and unattested Proto-Germanic are rather small.
Ruhtinas comes from Proto-Germanic word druhtinaz, what can be translated as " warlord ".
The system of vowels differed somewhat more from that of Proto-Germanic than the consonants.
Proto-Germanic retained the dual, but only in the first and second person.
Old English in that both derived from the same ancestral Proto-Germanic language.
The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is *Kauną.
On a broader scale, English and German appear to have come from a common proto-Germanic ancestor.
The history of Toward a Grammar of Proto-Germanic is revealing in this respect.
Swedish and Norwegian also have tonal distinctions, but these latter are not Proto-Germanic in origin.
Nonetheless, some pieces of Proto-Germanic syntax can be reconstructed.
For historical developments prior to the Old English period, see Proto-Germanic language.
The name may also be derived from Proto-Germanic aitra -, meaning " something welling forwards.
Both the English and German words derive from the same Proto-Germanic root.
The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name is * Kaunan.
For example, the original text uses the imperfect tense, which disappeared in Proto-Germanic.
The word is derived from Proto-Germanic * þiudiskaz.
Proto-Germanic * z remains in Gothic as z or is devoiced to s.
The stage of development of this Germanic is not known, although Proto-Germanic has been proposed.
They all derive from Proto-Germanic * burgs meaning " fortress.
Note, Declensions are named according to their form in Proto-Germanic.
English and Proto-Germanic.
The word tongue derives from the Old English tunge, which comes from Proto-Germanic * tungōn.
His name is associated with a Proto-Germanic sound law known as Holtzmann 's Law.
The English word itself is derived from the Proto-Germanic * " ǥuđan.
It 's thought to have evolved as a proto-germanic northern dialect over the 1st century A. D.
The Old English word is derived from the hypothetical reconstructed Proto-Germanic * lauda - " lead.
Kailocomes from the Proto-Germanic root khalbas, meaning “ something divided ”.
This is because both English and Old Norse stem from a Proto-Germanic mother language.

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