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Branch of the Indo-European languages from Northern Europe, including English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages

Germanic (ISO 639-5: gem) is a branch of the Indo-European languages from Northern Europe, including English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages.

Sub-branches include West Germanic (including English, German, Dutch), North Germanic (the Scandinavian languages), and the extinct East Germanic (Gothic).

The proto-language is .

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Why does OE endleofan have "d"?

Why does OE endleofan have "d"?
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What is this "Freeze" language?

I remember having a side discussion with a professor in college and he told be about a nearly extinct language; the closest thing I can remember to its name is "Freeze". Apparently its spoken on some island around the English channel, and I believe…
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To what extent are North Germanic languages mutually intelligible with German?

Are they just as close as English and German? Has Swedish also suffered some phonological influences from German during the Hansatic league?
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Meaning of word/title "Doodenbeer"

The Fritz Mackensen painting titled Doodenbeer painted around 1900 has this unusual title. What does the title mean? I hear it might mean death beer, but this painting is about a funeral scenario and no beer is involved or seen in the painting.
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Could PIE y / Gothic ji be related to Holtzmann's y / jj?

Could PIE *kóryos / Gothic harjis be related to Holtzmann's y / jj? Taking into account Proto-Germanic j / Gothic i *natją / nati ?
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Cowgill's law in satem languages

I had discovered a new law. I named it "Russian law". You may rename it as is good in your eyes. It says that a PIE laryngeal /h₃/, and possibly /h₂/, turns into /z/ in Satem languages. (compare Cowgill's law + Grimm's law + satemization). People…
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Help Identifying a rune, or binding

The german band Rammstein used this to portray the Letter "R" in their logo from 1993, but cannot find a matching rune or a mix of them what would produce this symbol, my guess it's a stylized Old Germanic "R" binded with a hyphen to indicate the…
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What is the reason of w dissimilation?

What is the reason of w dissimilation? Gothic waurts + gards ~ aurtigards or OE wyrt +‎ ġeard ~ ortgeard
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