Indo-European family

Old Danish

c. 1100 CE – 1525 CE Extinct

Old Danish (c. 1100 CE – 1525 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 1 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-Norse → Old Norse → Old East Norse → Old Danish.

See Old Danish on the interactive map

Latin-script Danish of the provincial laws; distinct from Old Swedish by the 12th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Proto-Norsec. 150 CE – 750 CE
  4. Old Norsec. 750 CE – 1050 CE
  5. Old East Norsec. 1050 CE – 1225 CE
  6. Old Danishc. 1100 CE – 1525 CE

Descendants 1

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Old East Norse.

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