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GERMANIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
Synonyms:
Germanic; Germanic language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Germanic" is a kind of...):
Indo-European; Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Germanic"):
West Germanic; West Germanic language (a branch of the Germanic languages)
Proto-Norse (the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700)
Old Norse (the extinct Germanic language of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland from about to 700 to 1350)
Nordic; Norse; North Germanic; North Germanic language; Scandinavian; Scandinavian language (the northern family of Germanic languages that are spoken in Scandinavia and Iceland)
East Germanic; East Germanic language (an extinct branch of the Germanic languages)
Derivation:
Germanic (of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages
Example:
Germanic mythology
Synonyms:
Germanic; Teutonic
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Teuton (a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans)
Derivation:
German (the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic)
Germanic (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to the language of Germans
Example:
the Germanic sound shifts
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Germanic (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic)
Derivation:
German (the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic)
