a subbranch of the Germanic languages: now extinct. The only member of which records survive is Gothic
East Germanic in American English
noun
a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records
Abbreviation: EGmc
Word origin
[1900–05]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, geopolitics, hookup, hormone, hydroplane