Langenesis

Indo-European family

Proto-West-Germanic

200 CE – 700 CE Reconstructed

Proto-West-Germanic (200 CE – 700 CE) is a reconstructed Indo-European language. It has 22 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West-Germanic.

See Proto-West-Germanic on the interactive map

Reconstructed common ancestor of the West Germanic languages, including English, Frisian, Dutch, and German.

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

Descendants 5

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Germanic.

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