Langenesis

Indo-European family

Old Norse

c. 750 CE – 1050 CE Extinct

Old Norse (c. 750 CE – 1050 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 10 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-Norse → Old Norse.

See Old Norse on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
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Glottocode
oldn1244

Common Viking Age Scandinavian, written in the Younger Futhark. Split into West and East Norse dialect groups; conventional boundary dates vary.

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

Descendants 2

Sources