Indo-Germanic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by Dano-French geographer Conrad Malte-Brun in 1810 (as langues indo-germaniques) and popularized in German (as indogermanisch/Indogermanisch),[1][2] especially following J. Klaproth's 1823 Asia polyglotta. At the time the term was coined, the Celtic languages were not yet considered Indo-European, and the Tocharian languages were not yet discovered; even after the inclusion of Celtic, Germanic remains the northwesternmost family (thanks to Icelandic).[1] By surface analysis, Indo- + Germanic.
Proper noun
[edit]- (dated, Indo-European studies) Indo-European (major language family)
- (dated, Indo-European studies) Proto-Indo-European (hypothetical language)
- (Indo-European studies) Pre-Germanic Proto-Indo-European.
Adjective
[edit]Indo-Germanic (not comparable)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Winfred P. Lehmann, Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (2013, →ISBN), page 67: "Since the Germanic family is located farthest to the north and west, many scholars, especially in Germany, label the family Indo-Germanic by the designation proposed in 1810 by Conrad Malte-Brun."
- ^ The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European (2006, →ISBN)