Germanic vs Norse - What's the difference?
germanic | norse |
(linguistics) The early, undocumented language from which other Germanic languages such as German, English, Dutch and Scandinavian languages developed.
(linguistics) The group of Indo-European languages that developed from Germanic.
Having German characteristics.
Relating to the Germanic peoples (such as Germans, Scandinavians or Anglo-Saxons).
(linguistics) Relating to the language or group of languages known as Germanic.
Of, or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.
Of, or relating to the North Germanic group of languages.
A collective term for Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people.
Speakers of any of the North Germanic languages.
The ancient language spoken by Vikings, from which modern Scandinavian languages are derived. Icelandic is the most closely related modern version, having changed little due to Iceland's linguistic isolation.
As proper nouns the difference between germanic and norse
is that germanic is the early, undocumented language from which other Germanic languages such as German, English, Dutch and Scandinavian languages developed while Norse is a collective term for Scandinavian (historically Norwegian) people.As adjectives the difference between germanic and norse
is that germanic is having German characteristics while Norse is of, or relating to the people, language and culture of Scandinavia.germanic
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(wikipedia Germanic) (en proper noun)Synonyms
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*Adjective
(en adjective)- He arrived with Germanic punctuality.
- a Germanic tribe
- a Germanic language