History of Germanic Languages
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History of Germanic Languages

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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'.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Frankish disappeared in France and French is considered a Romance language.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The name of Russia is of Scandinavian origin and is a loanword.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The development of a postposed definite article is a characteristic feature of North Germanic languages.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Gothic language is classified under East Germanic languages.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Old Icelandic kept the Proto-Germanic /j/ at the beginning of a word, unlike English and German.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Visigoths settled east of the Dnieper River.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

The main record of Gothic language is a complete Bible translation.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Frisian and English share a close linguistic relationship due to geographical proximity.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

No East Germanic language has survived.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The phonological characteristics of Wulfila's text show Proto-Germanic short vowels /e/ and /o/ appearing as i and u.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

The Old English word for 'to steal' is 'stelan'.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Frisian is a language closely related to English.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Old Norse 'hǫggva' corresponds to Modern Swedish 'hugga'.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

There was a prehistoric Anglo-Frisian dialect from which Old English and Old Frisian evolved.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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