Re: [tied] Re: Why did Proto-Germanic break up?

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 26610
Date: 2003-10-23

23-10-03 15:31, tolgs001 wrote:

> As for that big differentiation between "Scandinavian"
> and German: how about the relationship "Scandinavian"
> and Flemish/Netherlandish + Frisian? And: does North
> Frisian belong to the Scandinavian languages?

No. They are all West Germanic. The Frisian group shows especially close
linguistic connections (shared innovations) with English.

Piotr