Langenesis

Indo-European family

Old Frisian

c. 800 CE – 1550 CE Extinct

Old Frisian (c. 800 CE – 1550 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 3 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West-Germanic → Old Frisian.

See Old Frisian on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
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Closest relative of Old English (Anglo-Frisian grouping, not universally accepted). Written records begin in the 13th century.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  3. Proto-West-Germanic200 CE – 700 CE
  4. Old Frisianc. 800 CE – 1550 CE

Descendants 3

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Proto-West-Germanic.

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