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Old High German (OHG; German: Althochdeutsch (Ahdt., Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous West Germanic dialects that had undergone the set of consonantal ...
For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Middle High German (MHG; German: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhdt., Mhd.) [ˈmɪtl̩hoːxˌdɔɪ̯tʃ] ⓘ) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German.
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branches during the fifth century BC to fifth century AD: West Germanic, East Germanic and North Germanic. [ 1 ]
Proto-Indo-European roots were affix -lacking morphemes that carried the core lexical meaning of a word and were used to derive related words (cf. the English root "- friend -", from which are derived related words such as friendship,friendly, befriend, and newly coined words such as unfriend).
The Old High German speaking area within the Holy Roman Empire in 962. The earliest testimonies of Old High German are from scattered Elder Futhark inscriptions, especially in Alemannic, from the 6th century, the earliest glosses date to the 8th and the oldest coherent texts (the Hildebrandslied, the Muspilli and the Merseburg Incantations) to the 9th century.
Etymological Dictionary of the German Language. The Etymological Dictionary of the German Language[1] (German: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache) is a reference book for the history of the German language, [2] and was one of the first books of its kind ever written. Originally written in 1883 by Friedrich Kluge, it is still ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 August 2024. West Germanic language family This article is about the family of regional language varieties. For the Standard High German language, see Standard German. High German Geographic distribution German-speaking Europe, United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Colonia Tovar Central ...
Abrogans, also German Abrogans or Codex Abrogans (St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 911), is a Middle Latin – Old High German glossary, whose preserved copy in the Abbey Library of St Gall is regarded as the oldest preserved book in the German language. Dating from the 8th century (765–775) , the glossary contains approximately 3,670 Old High ...