East Germanic

American  

noun

1. a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. EGmc

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East Germanic British  

noun

1. a subbranch of the Germanic languages: now extinct. The only member of which records survive is Gothic

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Etymology

Origin of East Germanic

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

And Hauptmann's theory, which got him the degree of Ph.D., maxima cum laude, was that Lombard is an East Germanic tongue.

From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett

The Franks had as neighbors up-stream in the first half of the fifth century the Burgundians, an East Germanic tribe.

From The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original by Needler, George Henry

North Germanic or Scandinavian, West Germanic or Low and High German, and East Germanic, of which the only important representative is Gothic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

The Burgundians were originally an East Germanic tribe.

From Old English Poems Translated into the Original Meter Together with Short Selections from Old English Prose by Various