Proto-Germanic

American

[proh-toh-jer-man-ik] / ˌproʊ toʊ dʒərˈmæn ɪk /

noun

the unattested prehistoric parent language of the Germanic languages; Germanic.

adjective

of or relating to Proto-Germanic.

Proto-Germanic British

noun

the prehistoric unrecorded language that was the ancestor of all Germanic languages

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