West Germanicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌwɛst dʒəˈmanɪk/, U.S.

/ˌwɛs(t) dʒərˈmænɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adj., Germanic adj.¹

Etymology: < west adj. + Germanic adj.¹ In sense A. 2 after German westgermanisch of or relating to peoples inhabiting the western part of the Germanic-speaking region (1819 or earlier), of or relating to a philologically defined group of Germanic languages, originally contrasted with East Germanic ( W. Scherer Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache (1868) 97, also used as noun denoting this language group); compare East Germanic adj. and North Germanic adj.

A. adj.

†1. Botany. In the terminology of A. Henfrey: designating or relating to plants originating in or characteristic of the western part of the Germanic region (see Germanic adj.¹ 3), which includes many species naturalized in southern England. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1852 A. Henfrey Vegetation Europe 170 They [sc. British plants of French origin] seem however to require a moister climate..yet like the west-Germanic are sometimes found on compact rocks, such as limestone or chalk.

1852 A. Henfrey Vegetation Europe 382 The ‘Kentish flora’ (our west-Germanic) evidently passed across the tract once connecting the south of England with the north of France.

2. Of, relating to, or speaking West Germanic.

ΚΠ

1875 Academy 17 July 71/1 The first of these [excursions on general questions of Germanic philology] treats of the change of a, i, u into e and o in the West Germanic languages (following Scherer's division of East and West Germanic).

1879 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1877–9 388 This removes the divergence between High German and the two West-Germanic languages, Old Saxon and Old English.

1890 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 11 508 Not only is the entire poetic product of Anglo-Saxon writers based upon the same thesaurus of expression, but..this is likewise true of the entire poetic product of the West Germanic world.

1922 Archaeologia Aeliana 3rd Ser. 19 197 The existence of this parallel to the M.H.G. vríe strengthens the case for Sieb's interpretation, in so far as the two together point to the possibility of a West Germanic abstract derived on the same lines.

1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 76 Franconian, a group of medieval West Germanic dialects, combining the characteristics of Low and High German.

2006 G. Davis Compar. Syntax Old Eng. & Old Icelandic i. 40 The Germanic peoples..had begun to split into two groups—a northern group in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and a southern group in central Europe, more-or-less the area of present-day Germany, which convention calls the West Germanic people.

B. n.

The branch of the Germanic language family that includes English, High and Low German, Dutch, and Frisian; spec. the ancient unrecorded language from which modern forms developed.

ΚΠ

1881 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 12 73 Lengthening of final a. The beginning of this process is Pre-Germanic, but it survived the discarding of final consonants in West Germanic.

1915 Mod. Lang. Notes 30 113/2 Old Saxon vowels stand in phonetic identity much nearer to their primitive status in West Germanic than do the Anglo-Saxon vowels.

1962 G. L. Brook Introd. Old Eng. (ed. 2) 5 West Germanic is represented today by German, Dutch, Flemish, Frisian and English.

2001 B. A. Fennell Hist. Eng. iii. 59 We know that the Anglo-Saxons spoke West Germanic, a sister dialect to Old High German, Old Frisian, Old Low German, Low Saxon and Old Low Franconian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	west germanic
释义	West Germanicadj.n. Brit. /ˌwɛst dʒəˈmanɪk/, U.S. /ˌwɛs(t) dʒərˈmænɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: west adj., Germanic adj.¹ Etymology: < west adj. + Germanic adj.¹ In sense A. 2 after German westgermanisch of or relating to peoples inhabiting the western part of the Germanic-speaking region (1819 or earlier), of or relating to a philologically defined group of Germanic languages, originally contrasted with East Germanic ( W. Scherer Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache (1868) 97, also used as noun denoting this language group); compare East Germanic adj. and North Germanic adj. A. adj. †1. Botany. In the terminology of A. Henfrey: designating or relating to plants originating in or characteristic of the western part of the Germanic region (see Germanic adj.¹ 3), which includes many species naturalized in southern England. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1852 A. Henfrey Vegetation Europe 170 They [sc. British plants of French origin] seem however to require a moister climate..yet like the west-Germanic are sometimes found on compact rocks, such as limestone or chalk. 1852 A. Henfrey Vegetation Europe 382 The ‘Kentish flora’ (our west-Germanic) evidently passed across the tract once connecting the south of England with the north of France. 2. Of, relating to, or speaking West Germanic. ΚΠ 1875 Academy 17 July 71/1 The first of these [excursions on general questions of Germanic philology] treats of the change of a, i, u into e and o in the West Germanic languages (following Scherer's division of East and West Germanic). 1879 H. Sweet in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1877–9 388 This removes the divergence between High German and the two West-Germanic languages, Old Saxon and Old English. 1890 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 11 508 Not only is the entire poetic product of Anglo-Saxon writers based upon the same thesaurus of expression, but..this is likewise true of the entire poetic product of the West Germanic world. 1922 Archaeologia Aeliana 3rd Ser. 19 197 The existence of this parallel to the M.H.G. vríe strengthens the case for Sieb's interpretation, in so far as the two together point to the possibility of a West Germanic abstract derived on the same lines. 1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 76 Franconian, a group of medieval West Germanic dialects, combining the characteristics of Low and High German. 2006 G. Davis Compar. Syntax Old Eng. & Old Icelandic i. 40 The Germanic peoples..had begun to split into two groups—a northern group in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and a southern group in central Europe, more-or-less the area of present-day Germany, which convention calls the West Germanic people. B. n. The branch of the Germanic language family that includes English, High and Low German, Dutch, and Frisian; spec. the ancient unrecorded language from which modern forms developed. ΚΠ 1875 Academy 17 July 71/1 The first of these [excursions on general questions of Germanic philology] treats of the change of a, i, u into e and o in the West Germanic languages (following Scherer's division of East and West Germanic). 1881 Trans. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 12 73 Lengthening of final a. The beginning of this process is Pre-Germanic, but it survived the discarding of final consonants in West Germanic. 1915 Mod. Lang. Notes 30 113/2 Old Saxon vowels stand in phonetic identity much nearer to their primitive status in West Germanic than do the Anglo-Saxon vowels. 1962 G. L. Brook Introd. Old Eng. (ed. 2) 5 West Germanic is represented today by German, Dutch, Flemish, Frisian and English. 2001 B. A. Fennell Hist. Eng. iii. 59 We know that the Anglo-Saxons spoke West Germanic, a sister dialect to Old High German, Old Frisian, Old Low German, Low Saxon and Old Low Franconian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1852
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