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Proto-West Germanic

Proto-West Germanic proper noun: the reconstructed ancestor of all West Germanic languages, including English, Scots, Frisian, Dutch, German, and Afrikaans, among others.

Proper noun

Proto-West Germanic

  1. The reconstructed ancestor of all West Germanic languages, including English, Scots, Frisian, Dutch, German, and Afrikaans, among others.

Adjective

Proto-West Germanic (comparative more Proto-West Germanic, superlative most Proto-West Germanic)

  1. Relating to the Proto-West Germanic protolanguage.

Forms of Proto-West Germanic

comparativemore Proto-West Germanic
superlativemost Proto-West Germanic

Origin of Proto-West Germanic

From proto- + West Germanic.

Questions about Proto-West Germanic

What does Proto-West Germanic mean?
Proto-West Germanic means the reconstructed ancestor of all West Germanic languages, including English, Scots, Frisian, Dutch, German, and Afrikaans, among others.
What part of speech is Proto-West Germanic?
Proto-West Germanic can be a proper noun or an adjective.

Words near Proto-West Germanic in the dictionary

  1. proto-Uranus
  2. proto-vanadium
  3. proto-Venus
  4. Proto-Vietic
  5. Proto-Volta-Niger
  6. Proto-West Germanic
  7. Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian
  8. Proto-World
  9. Proto-Yeniseian
  10. Proto-Yeniseians
  11. Proto-Yukaghir

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