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Old Low Franconian

Old Low Franconian proper noun: the West Germanic language that is the ancestor of modern Dutch and its varieties.

Proper noun

Old Low Franconian

  1. (strict-sense) The West Germanic language that is the ancestor of modern Dutch and its varieties.
  2. (broadly) The above, including also the ancestors of the languages of the eastern Netherlands (Limburgish) and the Low Franconian varieties spoken in Germany. (In this view, the ancestor of Dutch is considered to be Old West Low Franconian)
    • The particular variety of Old Low Franconian spoken in the cultural centers of Flanders and Brabant is called Old West Low Franconian and is the ancestor ultimately of Dutch.2010 (originally 2004), Benjamin W. Fortson IV, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics, 2nd ed., p. 371
    Synonyms:
    Old Low Frankish, Old Dutch

Synonyms of Old Low Franconian

Questions about Old Low Franconian

What does Old Low Franconian mean?
Old Low Franconian means the West Germanic language that is the ancestor of modern Dutch and its varieties.
What part of speech is Old Low Franconian?
Old Low Franconian is a proper noun.

Words near Old Low Franconian in the dictionary

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  2. Old Linslade
  3. Old Lithuanian
  4. Old London Town
  5. old long syne
  6. Old Low Franconian
  7. Old Low German
  8. Old Lyme
  9. Old Macedonian
  10. old maid
  11. old maid's bonnet

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