Why is it called proto-Germanic? - Linguistics Stack Exchange
Oct 5, 2021 · Why have we named this proto language proto-Germanic? Apparently it developed in southern Scandinavia. Then expanded (via migration or contact?) towards what's now Germany. I …
historical linguistics - What is the relationship of Proto-Indo ...
Apr 14, 2020 · You are getting confused: Germanic is a language family, comprising numerous languages, while proto-Germanic is a (reconstructed) language, hypothetically being the ancestor of …
terminology - Does the name of a proto-language refer to the actual ...
Mar 28, 2025 · Whilst most textbooks will define the term Proto- [Language Family] as referring specifically to the reconstruction, it is extremely commonplace for it to also be used for the actual …
How different were Proto-Italic and Proto-Germanic?
Jan 17, 2017 · Writing systems are a complete red herring. Proto Germanic and Proto Italic were pretty different - Germanic had undergone the phonetic changes of Grimm's Law, and significant vowel …
Why do some Proto-Germanic nouns end with *-az?
May 17, 2024 · Two things to consider, apart from the point made by @Someone211 above: (1) not all Germanic nouns ended in -az, only nouns in specific declensions; (2) nouns in similar declension …
Why did so few changes occur in "Pre-Proto-Germanic"?
Apr 10, 2024 · 1 Proto-Germanic is dated pretty late. Grimm's Law, the first and defining change, is dated to 500 BC. However, the dialects are supposed to have split up throughout the 3rd millennia …
Is there any evidence that the modern word for "bear" is an …
Dec 18, 2023 · That could be explained if the taboo ceased to be held (and so people stopped replacing their word for bear, continuing whatever was the most common word at the time) before the …
proto germanic - Did Grimm's law take effect only 2500 years ago ...
Jul 31, 2020 · Now there seems to be a hypothesis that proto Germanic could be as "young" as only 2500 years, which is based on some "facts" concerning the dating of Grimm's law.
Was there a Semitic influence on Proto-Germanic?
Vennemann's postulated contact between Semitic (presumably Phoenician) and proto-Germanic predates the existence of a Jewish diaspora in Europe (or the documented presence of Roman …
fallaną from (s)gʷʰh₂el instead of h₂epo + h₃elh₁ ? (PIE -> germanic)
Oct 21, 2024 · Proto-Germanic *f has just one PIE origin: *p. As such, the Germanic cognate of Latin fallō would be * balsaną (giving Dutch *balsen) or perhaps * walsaną (giving Dutch *walsen); and the …