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0 pointsshzhdbi09gv8ioi2y ago0 comments

> Old Norse is Germanic

No, Old Norse is Old Norse.

"Germanic" (i guess you mean Proto-Germanic) and Old Norse are both indo-european languages.

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lich_hegemon2y ago· 1 in thread

Old Norse is a Nordic langauge, which makes it a North Germanic language, which, in turn, makes it a Germanic language.

Nordic languages (a family of languages) are descended from Proto-Nordic (a language).

Germanic languages (a family of languages) are descended from Proto-Germanic (a language).

Germanic languages are Indo-European languages, which have Proto-Indo-European as a root language.

You are not wrong in saying that Proto-Germanic and Old-Norse are IE languages. But it's also like saying that nickles and coins are currency, it doesn't mean that nickels are not coins.

shzhdbi09gv8ioiOP2y ago

Alright then.

My point that got lost along the way was about Norse ruling britain for 200 years and their cultural influence on the old english during that time.

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