Language name

Analysis and problems
While at the time of its origin Proto-Germanic would simply have been known as *Þiudiską (with simple neuter nominalization as in West Germanic ) or *Þiudiskōn (North Germanic, with ellipsis, usage we follow), and properly as *Þiudiskōn tungōn, "the Germanic tongue"/"the people's tongue"... time has since moved on. There are now many þiudiskōz tungōniz (archaic forms followed by modern approximations and presented as customarily done):


 * Westraz þiudiskaz ("West Germanic"):
 * Nurþaz mariskaz ("North Sea")/Ingwijaniskaz ("Ingvaeonic"):
 * Anglafrīsiskaz ("Anglo-Frisian"):
 * Angliskōn/Ingliskōn ("English")
 * Frīsiskōn/Frisiskōn/Friskaz ("Frisian")
 * Flataþiudiskōn/Plat(a)dītiskōn ("Low German") (maybe Sahsaniskōn or Niþraþiudiskōn?)
 * Wisurarīniskaz ("Weser-Rhine")/Istwijaniskaz ("Istvaeonic"):
 * Niþralandiskōn/Nederlandiskōn ("Dutch/Nederlands")
 * Albiskaz ("Elbe")/Irminaniskaz ("Irminonic"):
 * Þiudiskōn/Dōitiskōn/''D ("German/Deutsch")
 * Nurþaz þiudiskaz ("North Germanic"):
 * Daniskōn/Danskōn ("Danish/Dansk")
 * Īsalandiskōn/Īslenskōn ("Icelandic/Islenska")
 * Nurþrawigiskōn/Noriskōn/Norskōn ("Norwegian/Norsk")
 * Swihaniskōn/Sweniskōn/Swenskōn ("Swedish/Svenska")