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Germanic

Translation
Germanic
—Germanically, adv.
/jeuhr man"ik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to the Teutons or their languages.
2. German.
3. of, pertaining to, or noting the Germanic branch of languages.
n.
4. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages including German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic language.
5. Proto-Germanic (def. 1).
6. an ancient Indo-European language, the immediate linguistic ancestor of the Germanic languages.
Abbr.: Gmc.
[1625-35; < L Germanicus. See GERMAN, -IC]

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