Proto-Norse
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Proto-Norse is the early form of the North Germanic language spoken in Scandinavia during the first centuries CE, known primarily from inscriptions in the Elder Futhark runic script.
Aliases (4)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
North Germanic language
→
historical language → language → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ancient Nordic
→
Proto-Nordic → Proto-Scandinavian → |
| attestedIn |
Elder Futhark inscriptions
→
runic inscriptions → |
| derivedFrom |
Proto-Germanic phonology
→
|
| era |
Migration Period
→
Roman Iron Age → |
| evidenceType |
comparative reconstruction
→
epigraphic evidence → |
| hasFeature |
case system
→
grammatical gender → i-umlaut in development → rich inflectional morphology → strong and weak verb classes → u-umlaut in development → |
| influenced |
Old Norse morphology
→
Old Norse phonology → |
| ISO639-3 |
non
→
|
| languageFamily |
Germanic
→
Indo-European → North Germanic → |
| predecessor |
Proto-Germanic
→
|
| reconstructedBy |
historical linguistics
→
|
| region |
Northern Europe
→
|
| spokenIn |
Denmark
→
Jutland → Norway → Scandinavia → Scandinavian Peninsula → Sweden → southern Sweden → |
| subclassOf |
Germanic language
→
Indo-European language → Proto-North Germanic → |
| successor |
Old East Norse
→
Old Norse → Old West Norse → |
| timePeriod |
2nd century CE
→
3rd century CE → 4th century CE → 5th century CE → 6th century CE → early centuries CE → |
| usedBy |
Germanic tribes in Scandinavia
→
early Scandinavians → |
| writingSystem |
Elder Futhark
→
runic script → |
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Proto-Norse
("Proto-Nordic")
→
Proto-Norse ("Proto-Scandinavian") → |
alsoKnownAs |
|
Old East Norse
→
Old Icelandic → |
developedFrom |
|
Old Gutnish
→
|
ancestor |
|
North Germanic languages
→
|
ancestralLanguage |
|
Old Norse phonology
("Proto‑Norse")
→
|
hasAncestorLanguage |
|
Proto-Norse
("Proto-North Germanic")
→
|
subclassOf |
|
Runic alphabet
→
|
usedForLanguage |