English Dictionary

Northwest Germanic

固有名詞

(linguistics) The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of the North Germanic and West Germanic languages combined. This includes all modern Germanic languages, and all ancient Germanic languages except for East Germanic (which includes primarily Gothic).

日本語の意味

ゲルマン語族の枝分かれの一つで、北ゲルマン語と西ゲルマン語を合わせたもの。現代の全てのゲルマン語および、東ゲルマン語（主にゴシック語）を除くその他の古代ゲルマン語を含む。

The conference panel argued that the similarities between Old English and Old Norse best support grouping them under Northwest Germanic rather than attributing them to later contact.

会議のパネルは、古英語と古ノルド語の類似点は後の接触によるものとするよりも、北西ゲルマン語派に分類して考える方が最もよく説明できると主張した。

意味（1）

(linguistics) The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of the North Germanic and West Germanic languages combined. This includes all modern Germanic languages, and all ancient Germanic languages except for East Germanic (which includes primarily Gothic).

意味（2）

The presumed unattested ancestor of these languages (more properly called Northwest Proto-Germanic or Proto-Northwest Germanic).