Indo-Germanic

English Etymology en 1810 Q980235 1 (as fr langues indo-germaniques) and popularized in German (as de indogermanisch/de Indogermanisch),Winfred P. Lehmann, Historical Linguistics: An Introduction (2013, 1136902163), page 67: "Since the Germanic family is located farthest to the north and west, many scholars, especially in Germany, label the family Indo-Germanic by the designation proposed in 1810 by Conrad Malte-Brun."The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European (2006, 0191058122) especially following Julius Klaproth J. Klaproth's 1823 Asia polyglotta. At the time the term was coined, the Celtic languages were not yet considered Indo-European, and the Tocharian languages were not yet discovered; even after the inclusion of Celtic, Germanic remains the northwesternmost family (thanks to en Icelandic). en Indo- Germanic. Proper noun en dated Indo-European studies Indo-European a major language family en dated Indo-European studies Proto-Indo-European a hypothetical language en Indo-European studies Pre-Germanic Proto-Indo-European. Derived terms en Proto-Indo-Germanic Adjective - en dated Indo-European studies Indo-European. References