Proto-Germanic

In the following example, the Proto-Germanic word ainlif is a reconstructed form.

Even though the language is called Gothic, it was still Proto-Germanic at that time.

This probably indicates an early phonemic merger, possibly within Proto-Germanic times.

There were consequently two derivations from the same Proto-Germanic ethnonym.

Scholars are uncertain of the origin of the Proto-Germanic form itself.

Nonetheless, some pieces of Proto-Germanic syntax can be reconstructed.

Kluge) can not account for the absence of voice in the Proto-Germanic geminates.

Its origin is the nearly identical Proto-Germanic word "kuninggaz".

The following table shows the main outcomes of Proto-Germanic vowels and consonants in the various older languages.

The Proto-Germanic rune berkanan is named after the birch.

This chronological reordering, however, has far-reaching implications on the shape and development of the Proto-Germanic language.

Deflectional change as a linguistic process has been denied by those that question the existence of a rich inflectional system in proto-Germanic.

The etymology of the Proto-Germanic term is disputed.

Proto-Germanic verbs have three moods: indicative, subjunctive and imperative.

Ruhtinas comes from Proto-Germanic word druhtinaz, what can be translated as "warlord".

Proto-Germanic.

Scholars believe their name derives possibly from Proto-Germanic forms of "march" ("frontier, border") and "men".

Kluge's law and the rise of Proto-Germanic geminates.

The Proto-Germanic vowel system was asymmetric and unstable.

Old Norse inherited the Proto-Germanic feature of having neuter as the default gender.

It may have originated from the Proto-Germanic title of Harjanaz, who were elected by their tribes to lead them into battle.

Proto-Germanic diphthongs were affected as follows:

The Proto-Germanic n-stems : a study in diachronic morphophonology.

A number of scholars have questioned the traditional model of Proto-Germanic a-mutation in whole or in part.

The following is a general picture of the Proto-Germanic situation as reconstructed by J. Jasanoff.