Weser–Rhine Germanic
Weser–Rhine Germanic | |
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Rhine–Weser Germanic, Istvaeonic | |
Geographic distribution | Around the Weser and Rhine rivers |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog | macr1270 |
The distribution of the primary Germanic languages in Europe c. AD 1:
North Sea Germanic, or Ingvaeonic
Weser–Rhine Germanic, or Istvaeonic
Elbe Germanic, or Irminonic
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Weser–Rhine Germanic is a proposed group of prehistoric
Nomenclature
The term Istvaeonic is derived from the
Theory
Maurer asserted that the cladistic tree model, ubiquitously used in 19th and early 20th century linguistics, was too inaccurate to describe the relation between the modern Germanic languages, especially those belonging to its Western branch. Rather than depicting Old English, Old Dutch, Old Saxon, Old Frisian and Old High German to have simply 'branched off' a single common 'Proto-West Germanic', he proposed that there had been much more distance between the languages and the dialects of the Germanic regions.[7]
Weser–Rhine Germanic seems to have been transitional between Elbe Germanic and North Sea Germanic, with a few innovations of their own.[8]
References
- ^ Wells 1987, p. 39, Fig. 3.
- ^ Sonderegger 1979, p. 71.
- ^ Henriksen & van der Auwera 2013, p. 9.
- ^ Tac. Ger. 2
- ^ Plin. Nat. 4.28
- ^ Maurer 1952.
- ISBN 9783110114454(pp 113–114).
- ^ Robinson 2003, pp. 225–226.
Bibliography
- Tacitus, Germania (1st Century AD). (in Latin)
- Beck, Heinrich (2003). "Rhein-Weser-Germanen". In Beck, Heinrich; Geuenich, Dieter; Steuer, Heiko (eds.). Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Vol. 24. Berlin: De Gruyter. pp. 532–533. ISBN 3-11-017163-5. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- Henriksen, Carol; van der Auwera, Johan (2013) [First published 1994]. "1. The Germanic Languages". In van der Auwera, Johan; König, Ekkehard (eds.). The Germanic Languages. London, New York: Routledge. pp. 1–18. ISBN 978-0-415-05768-4.
- Maurer, Friedrich (1952) [First edition 1942]. Nordgermanen und Alemannen: Studien zur germanische und frühdeutschen Sprachgeschichte, Stammes- und Volkskunde. Bibliotheca Germanica, 3 (3rd, revised, extended ed.). Bern, Munich: Francke.
- ISBN 0-631-17936-4.
- ISBN 1134849001.
- Sonderegger, Stefan (1979). Grundzüge deutscher Sprachgeschichte. Vol. I. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-003570-7.
- Wells, C. J. (1987). German: A Linguistic History to 1945. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-815809-2.