Proto-Germanic

Proper noun

Meaning

Proto-Germanic

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

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All of these have been derived from a reconstructed Proto-Germanic form *Hemina-. Source: Internet

An important innovation in Proto-Germanic was the development of two separate sets of adjective endings, originally corresponding to a distinction between indefinite semantics ("a man") and definite semantics ("the man"). Source: Internet

Both terms are thought to go back to the Proto-Germanic compound *Skaðin-awjō, which appears later in Old English as Scedenig and in Old Norse as Skáney. Source: Internet

All Germanic terms for the Sun stem from Proto-Germanic *sunnōn. Source: Internet

Etymology The English word breast derives from the Old English word brēost (breast, bosom) from Proto-Germanic breustam (breast), from the Proto-Indo-European base bhreus– (to swell, to sprout). Source: Internet

Compare Old English ġiest "guest", which shows umlaut, and Old High German gast, which does not, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz. Source: Internet

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