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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 ...
Middle English (abbreviated to ME [1]) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English period.
Manuscript page from Rolandslied, written in Middle High German in the 12th century. Middle High German (MHG; endonym: diutsch or tiutsch; New High German: Mittelhochdeutsch [ˈmɪtl̩hoːxˌdɔʏtʃ] ⓘ, shortened as Mhdt. or Mhd.) is the term for the form of High German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 ...
Late Old English (c. 900–1150), the final stage of the language leading up to the Norman conquest of England and the subsequent transition to Early Middle English. [12] The Old English period is followed by Middle English (1150–1500), Early Modern English (1500–1650) and finally Modern English (after 1650), and in Scotland Early Scots ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 January 2025. 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, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Colonia Tovar ...
The split of the Class II weak verb ending *-ō-into *-ō-/-ōja-(cf. Old English -ian < -ōjan, but Old High German -ōn). Development of a plural ending *-ōs in a-stem nouns (note, Gothic also has -ōs , but this is an independent development, caused by terminal devoicing of *-ōz ; Old Frisian has -ar , which is thought to be a late ...
The Middle Low German language is an ancestor of the modern Low German. It was spoken from about 1100 to 1500, splitting into West Low German and East Low German. The neighbour languages within the dialect continuum of the West Germanic languages were Middle Dutch in the West and Middle High German in the South, later substituted by Early New ...
During the Early Middle Ages, the West Germanic languages were separated by the insular development of Old and Middle English on one hand, and by the High German consonant shift on the continent on the other. The High German consonant shift distinguished the High German languages from the other West Germanic