Meanings
- strict senseThe West Germanic language that is the ancestor of modern Dutch and its varieties.
- broadlyThe above, including also the ancestors of the languages of the eastern Netherlands (Limburgish) and the Low Franconian varieties spoken in Germany. (In this view, the ancestor of Dutch is considered to be Old West Low Franconian)
The particular variety of Old Low Franconian spoken in the cultural centers of Flanders and Brabant is called Old West Low Franconian and is the ancestor ultimately of Dutch.
2010 (originally 2004), Benjamin W. Fortson IV, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics, 2nd ed., p. 371Synonyms: Old Low Frankish, Old Dutch
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe above, including also the ancestors of the languages of the eastern Netherlands (Limburgish) and the Low Franconian varieties spoken in Germany. (In this view, the ancestor of Dutch is considered to be Old West Low Franconian)
Translations
Dutch Oudnederfrankisch
- Oudnederfrankischlanguage
French vieux bas francique
- vieux bas franciquelanguage
German Altniederfränkisch (as adjective: altniederfränkisch)
- Altniederfränkisch (as adjective: altniederfränkisch)language
Polish język starodolnofrankoński
- język starodolnofrankońskilanguage
Cite this entry
Old Low Franconian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Low%20Franconian
“Old Low Franconian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Low%20Franconian. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old Low Franconian,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20Low%20Franconian.
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