Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-Norse

c. 150 CE – 750 CE Extinct

Proto-Norse (c. 150 CE – 750 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 11 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-Norse.

See Proto-Norse on the interactive map

Earliest attested North Germanic, known from Elder Futhark runic inscriptions (c. 2nd–8th century). Often treated as the late stage of Northwest Germanic.

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

Descendants 1

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Germanic.

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