KnowraProto-GermanicLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Proto-Germanic, each with the reason it gives.All 17Broader topic 4Related 1Narrower topic 12English languageNarrower topic: English inherited its basic linguistic ancestry through the Germanic branch.Old EnglishNarrower topic: Inherited Germanic features in Old English trace back to this earlier language.Old NorseNarrower topic: Old Norse inherited core vocabulary and grammatical patterns through the North Germanic branch.Proto-languageBroader topic: Its sound system and vocabulary are inferred by comparing Germanic descendants.Grimm's lawBroader topic: Grimm's law describes major consonant changes on the way to this language.Germanic languagesBroader topic: Its reconstructed vocabulary and sound system establish the branch’s shared inheritance.West Germanic languagesNarrower topic: Its sound system and vocabulary provide the starting point for reconstructing West Germanic.Rasmus RaskBroader topic: Rask’s comparisons of Germanic languages contributed to understanding their shared ancestry.North Germanic languagesNarrower topic: North Germanic is one of the branches that developed from this ancestral language.Old High GermanNarrower topic: Old High German preserves descendants of sound and grammatical patterns inherited from this ancestor.Verner's lawNarrower topic: Verner's law describes a sound change during the development of this ancestral language.High German consonant shiftNarrower topic: The shift altered consonants inherited from this common Germanic stage.Frisian languagesNarrower topic: The Frisian branches ultimately descend from this common Germanic ancestor.Gothic languageRelated: Gothic forms help infer features of this prehistoric language.GermanNarrower topic: German descends from this earlier language through successive regional changes.Phonological history of EnglishNarrower topic: Its sound system provides the starting point for tracing English before written records.RobertNarrower topic: Robert descends from a Germanic name built from elements reconstructed in this language.
KnowraProto-GermanicLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to Proto-Germanic, each with the reason it gives.All 17Broader topic 4Related 1Narrower topic 12English languageNarrower topic: English inherited its basic linguistic ancestry through the Germanic branch.Old EnglishNarrower topic: Inherited Germanic features in Old English trace back to this earlier language.Old NorseNarrower topic: Old Norse inherited core vocabulary and grammatical patterns through the North Germanic branch.Proto-languageBroader topic: Its sound system and vocabulary are inferred by comparing Germanic descendants.Grimm's lawBroader topic: Grimm's law describes major consonant changes on the way to this language.Germanic languagesBroader topic: Its reconstructed vocabulary and sound system establish the branch’s shared inheritance.West Germanic languagesNarrower topic: Its sound system and vocabulary provide the starting point for reconstructing West Germanic.Rasmus RaskBroader topic: Rask’s comparisons of Germanic languages contributed to understanding their shared ancestry.North Germanic languagesNarrower topic: North Germanic is one of the branches that developed from this ancestral language.Old High GermanNarrower topic: Old High German preserves descendants of sound and grammatical patterns inherited from this ancestor.Verner's lawNarrower topic: Verner's law describes a sound change during the development of this ancestral language.High German consonant shiftNarrower topic: The shift altered consonants inherited from this common Germanic stage.Frisian languagesNarrower topic: The Frisian branches ultimately descend from this common Germanic ancestor.Gothic languageRelated: Gothic forms help infer features of this prehistoric language.GermanNarrower topic: German descends from this earlier language through successive regional changes.Phonological history of EnglishNarrower topic: Its sound system provides the starting point for tracing English before written records.RobertNarrower topic: Robert descends from a Germanic name built from elements reconstructed in this language.