18 Questions
The Faroes are known as the 'Sheep Islands' in Old Icelandic.
True
The word for 'sheep' in Dutch, German, and Old Frisian has no known cognate elsewhere.
True
The Vikings established their language permanently in various countries, including Spain and Italy.
False
French has borrowed a few hundred loanwords from Germanic, including the word 'guerre' meaning 'war'.
True
Frankish disappeared in France and French is considered a Romance language.
True
The name of Russia is of Scandinavian origin and is a loanword.
True
The development of a postposed definite article is a characteristic feature of North Germanic languages.
False
The Gothic language is classified under East Germanic languages.
True
Old Icelandic kept the Proto-Germanic /j/ at the beginning of a word, unlike English and German.
True
The Visigoths settled east of the Dnieper River.
False
The main record of Gothic language is a complete Bible translation.
False
Frisian and English share a close linguistic relationship due to geographical proximity.
True
No East Germanic language has survived.
True
The phonological characteristics of Wulfila's text show Proto-Germanic short vowels /e/ and /o/ appearing as i and u.
True
The Old English word for 'to steal' is 'stelan'.
False
Frisian is a language closely related to English.
True
Old Norse 'hǫggva' corresponds to Modern Swedish 'hugga'.
True
There was a prehistoric Anglo-Frisian dialect from which Old English and Old Frisian evolved.
True
Explore the evolution and phonological characteristics of various Germanic languages including Old English, Old High German, Old Icelandic, and Gothic. Learn about the different branches of the Germanic language family and their regional dialects.
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