Proto-Germanic
proto-language of the Germanic languages
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Summary
Proto-Germanic is a proto-language[1]. Proto-Germanic ranks in the top 3% of proto language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,845 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: hypothetical entity[3]
- Follows: Proto-Indo-European[4]
- Followed by: Proto-Norse[5]
- Subclass of: Germanic languages[6]
- Said to be the same as: Germanic languages[7], Old Germanic[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Proto-Germanic language[9]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/proto-germanic[10]
- Short name: PGmc[11]
- Indigenous to: Germanic people[12]
- Exact match: https://wold.clld.org/language/290[13]
- Has grammatical case: nominative case[14], accusative case[15], genitive case[16], dative case[17], vocative case[18], instrumental case[19]
- Has tense: present tense[20], past tense[21]
- Has grammatical mood: indicative[22], subjunctive[23], imperative[24]
- Linguistic typology: fusional language[25]
- Has grammatical gender: feminine[26], masculine[27], neuter[28]
- Has grammatical person: first-person singular[29], first-person plural[30], second-person singular[31], second-person plural[32], third-person singular[33], third-person plural[34]
Why It Matters
Proto-Germanic has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Proto-Germanic is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]