West germanic

adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to these languages.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of English, Frisian languages, Dutch, Afrikaans, Low Saxon languages, German, and Yiddish, and their immediate predecessors.
  2. 2
    The presumed unattested ancestor of these languages (more properly called Proto-West Germanic).

    "German and English are sister languages, descended from West Germanic."

Noun
  1. 1
    a branch of the Germanic languages wordnet

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