• the Germanic parent language (GPL), also known as Pre-Germanic Indo-European (PreGmc) or Pre-Proto-Germanic (PPG), is the reconstructed language of the...
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    Migration Period in the fourth century AD. The alternative term "Germanic parent language" may be used to include a larger scope of linguistic developments...
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    The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe...
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  • The Germanic substrate hypothesis attempts to explain the purportedly distinctive nature of the Germanic languages within the context of the Indo-European...
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    Continental Germanic mythology. It was a key element of Germanic paganism. As the Germanic languages developed from Proto-Indo-European language, Germanic mythology...
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  • to project some terms back to the Proto-Germanic period despite their attestation in only one Germanic language; for instance, *saidaz ('magic') is only...
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    which there are eight groups with languages still alive today: Albanian, Armenian, Balto-Slavic, Celtic, Germanic, Hellenic, Indo-Iranian, and Italic;...
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    boxes, or other symbols instead of letters. Gothic is an extinct East Germanic language that was spoken by the Goths. It is known primarily from the Codex...
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  • Germanic philology is the philological study of the Germanic languages, particularly from a comparative or historical perspective. The beginnings of research...
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    Norse: Burgundar; Old English: Burgendas; Greek: Βούργουνδοι) were an early Germanic tribe or group of tribes. They appeared in the middle Rhine region, near...
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