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Germanic.

The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

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name/d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/UK/d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/US
  1. The early, undocumented ancestral language from which other Germanic languages developed, such as Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Frisian, English, German, Faroese, Icelandic, Yiddish, Norwegian and Swedish.

  2. The group of Indo-European languages that developed from (Ur-)Germanic.

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.

adj/d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/UK/d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/US
  1. Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).

    a Germanic tribe
  2. Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.

    a Germanic language
  3. Having German characteristics.

    proscribed · sometimes
    He arrived with Germanic punctuality.
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.

noun/d͡ʒɜːˈmæn.ɪk/UK/d͡ʒɝˈmæn.ɪk/US
  1. Synonym of German (“member of a Germanic tribe”)

    historical · nonstandard
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin germānicus, equivalent to German + -ic.

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