Langenesis

Indo-European family

Gothic

c. 300 CE – 800 CE Extinct

Gothic (c. 300 CE – 800 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Gothic.

See Gothic on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
got
Glottocode
goth1244

Only substantially attested East Germanic language, chiefly from Wulfila's 4th-century Bible translation. Extinct in Italy and Iberia by around the 8th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Gothicc. 300 CE – 800 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Germanic.

Sources