West Germanic

Proper noun

 * 1)  The branch of the Germanic language family consisting of English, Frisian languages, Dutch, Afrikaans, Low Saxon languages, German, and Yiddish, and their immediate predecessors.
 * 2) The presumed unattested ancestor of these languages (more properly called ).
 * ,, in Donald McLean Lamberton (editor), The Economics of Language, Edward Elgar Publishing (2002), ISBN 9781840648027, page 93:
 * The next logical step is to note that the Scandinavian languages, descended from a North Germanic parent, are more distant historically from English than are Dutch and German, which, like English, are descended from West Germanic.
 * ,, in Donald McLean Lamberton (editor), The Economics of Language, Edward Elgar Publishing (2002), ISBN 9781840648027, page 93:
 * The next logical step is to note that the Scandinavian languages, descended from a North Germanic parent, are more distant historically from English than are Dutch and German, which, like English, are descended from West Germanic.

Translations

 * German: Westgermanisch

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to these languages.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * German:

Translations

 * Czech: západogermánské jazyky
 * Russian:
 * Scots: Wast Germanic
 * Ukrainian: західнонімецький
 * Vietnamese: ngữ chi German Tây