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PROTO-NORSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Proto-Norse mean?
• PROTO-NORSE (noun)
The noun PROTO-NORSE has 1 sense:
1. the Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700
Familiarity information: PROTO-NORSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Germanic language of Scandinavia up until about 700
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Proto-Norse" is a kind of...):
Germanic; Germanic language (a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic)
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