| Proto-Norse | |
|---|---|
| Region | Scandinavia |
| Era | 2nd to 8th centuries |
Indo-European
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| Elder Futhark | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
1be | |
qdl "Runic" (perhaps Old Norse is intended) | |
| Glottolog | olde1239 Older Runic (perhaps) |
Proto-Norse was an Indo-European language spoken in Scandinavia that is thought to have evolved as a northern dialect of Proto-Germanic in the first centuries CE. It is the earliest stage of a characteristically North Germanic language, and the language attested in the oldest Scandinavian Elder Futhark inscriptions, spoken from around the 2nd to the 8th centuries CE (corresponding to the late Roman Iron Age and the Germanic Iron Age). It evolved into the dialects of Old Norse at the beginning of the Viking Age around 800 CE, which later themselves evolved into the modern North Germanic languages (Faroese, Icelandic, the Continental Scandinavian languages, and their dialects).
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