Linked from

The 17 pages that link to Proto-Germanic, each with the reason it gives.

• English 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.

• West Germanic languagesNarrower topic: Its sound system and vocabulary provide the starting point for reconstructing West Germanic.

• 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.

• 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.