This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form.
Where no Germanic source is available, a corresponding Old High German word from the same root has been included. These are in parentheses.
It is worth noting that usually the Germanic-based words sound more common, and the Latinate-based ones more lofty.
| Germanic source | Germanic | Latinate | Latin source
|
(Old Norse angr
Old English wræþþo) | anger
wrath | rage
ire | rabies
ira
|
| WGmc *aiskójan | ask | inquire | in + quaerere
|
| | back (n) | dorsal, dorsum | dorsum
|
| WGmc be + *ginnan | begin | commence | com + initiare
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| | belly | abdomen | abdomen
|
| (OHG botah) | bodily | corporal | corpus
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| WGmc *bróþar | brotherly | fraternal | fraternus, frater
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| (OHG chalb) | calf | veal | vitellus, vitulus
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| Gmc *kó(u)z | cow | beef, bovine
cattle | bos/bovis
med. L capitale
|
| Gmc *kweman | come | arrive | ad + ripa
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| Gmc *dauðaz | deadly | mortal | mortalis
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| Gmc *deuzam | deer | venison | venatio/nis
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| Gmc *χundaz | hound-like | canine | canis
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| Gmc *erþó | earth | soil | solum
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| Gmc *faðér | fatherly | paternal | paternus, pater
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| WGmc * fōljan | feeling | sensation | sensus, sentio
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| Gmc *furistaz | first | primary | primus
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| WGmc *fuχs | fox-like | vulpine | vulpes
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| Gmc *frijaz | freedom | liberty | liber
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| Gmc *зeban | give | provide | pro + videre
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| Gmc *зai- | go | depart | dispertire
|
| | hearing | audience | audire
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| WGmc *χōdjan | heed | attention | attenio, attendere
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| WGmc *χannja | hen | poultry | pullus
|
| | hill | mount | mons, montis
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| (OHG heim + sioh) | homesick | nostalgic | nostos + -algia
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| Gmc *χursam | horse | equestrian | equestris
|
| (OHG jucchen) | itch | irritate | irritare
|
| (OHG glat) | gladness | joy
pleasure
delight | gaudium
placere
delectare
|
| (OHG cnaen) | know | recognize | recognoscere
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| (OHG luba) | loving | amorous | amorosus
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| Gmc *moðar- | motherly | maternal | maternus, mater
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| Gmc *neujaz | new | novel
modern | novus
modernus
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| (OHG naht) | nightly | nocturnal | nocturnus
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| WGmc *alða | old | ancient | ante - "before"
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| Gmc *anþeraz | other | different | differre
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| (OHG rozzen) | rot | putrefy | putrefacere
|
WGmc *skæpa
WGmc *lambaz | sheep
lamb | mutton | med. L. multo
|
| WGmc *skuttjan | shut | close | clausus
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| Gmc *skeuχ(w)az | shy | timid | timidus
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| | sleeping | dormant | dormire
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| WGmc *seχ(w) | sight | vision | videre/visum
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| Gmc *swínam | swine | pork | porcus
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| (OHG draen) | throw | catapult | catapulta
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| Gmc *tūnaz, tūnam | town | city | civitas, civis
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| (OHG uzaro) | utterly | totally | totalis
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| (OHG wetti)
| wage | stipend
salary | stipendium
salarium
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| Gmc *(ga)seχailaz | whole | entire | integer
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| Gmc *wunskjan | wish | desire | desiderare
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| Gmc wulfaz | wolf-like | lupine | lupus
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| WGmc *gelwa | yellow | ochre | ochra
|
* reconstructed form
Last updated: 10-25-2005 16:30:55
