Proto-Germanic
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Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed ancient language that is believed to be the common ancestor of all modern Germanic languages, such as English, German, and Scandinavian languages. Linguists study Proto-Germanic to understand how these languages evolved and to trace their shared origins back thousands of years.
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Key facts
- Reconstruction of
- Germanic languages
- Region
- Northwestern Europe
- Era
- c. 500 BC –AD 200
- Reconstructed ancestor
- Proto-Indo-European
- Lower order reconstructions
- Proto-West Germanic Proto-Norse (attested) Proto-East Germanic
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Map of the pre-Roman Iron Age in Northern Europe showing cultures associated with Proto-Germanic, c. 500 BC. The area of the preceding Nordic Bronze Age in Scandinavia is shown in red; magenta areas towards the south represent the Jastorf culture of the North German Plain.