Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proto-norse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: pro-to-norse
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia and ancestral to Old Norse that evolved from Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD.

Etymology

From proto- + Norse.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: proto

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Norse terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Proto-Norse terms

Synonyms

Ancient Nordic Old Scandinavian Primitive Norse Proto-Nordic Proto-North Germanic Proto-Scandinavian proto-norse language

Questions

What does proto-norse mean?: An Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia and ancestral to Old Norse that evolved from Proto-Germanic over the first centuries AD.
Where does proto-norse come from?: From proto- + Norse.

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