Germanic

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German +‎ -ic. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/ (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/ === Proper noun === Germanic (linguistics) The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish. Synonyms: Ur-Germanic, Proto-Germanic, Common Germanic (linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Proto-North-West Germanic Proto-West Germanic, Proto-West-Germanic East Germanic North Germanic West Germanic German Germanish Teutonic (archaic) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Category:Terms derived from Germanic languages by language ==== Further reading ==== ISO 639-5 code gem [2] === Adjective === Germanic (comparative more Germanic, superlative most Germanic) Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons). (linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic. Synonyms: Teutonic; see also Thesaurus:Germanic language (sometimes proscribed) Having German characteristics. Synonyms: German, Teutonic ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Germanic (plural Germanics) (historical, nonstandard) Synonym of German (“member of a Germanic tribe”) === Anagrams === amercing, creaming