Etymonline pushes the date for the parents of brittle even further back, invoking proto-germanic, Old High German and Old Norse.
把brittle的祖先再往前推了不少年份，触及古日耳曼语，古高地德语，以及古斯堪地那维亚语。
She had an almost Germanic regard for order.
她简直像德国人一样讲究条理。
This was from Old English and Germanic roots.
“道路”、“路径”的词根来自古英语和日耳曼语。
English is a member of the Germanic group of languages.
英语是日耳曼语系中的一种语言。
English is a branch of the Germanic family of languages.
英语是日耳曼语系的一个分支。
He asked in his Germanic English if I was enjoying France.
他用他那德国式英语问我在法国玩得是否愉快。
That is why Latin words sound more prestigious than Germanic ones.
这就是为什么拉丁词汇比日耳曼词汇听上去更高大上。
Icelandic, a North Germanic language, is the main language of Iceland.
冰岛语，北日耳曼语族语言，也是冰岛主要语言。
Privately, Mr Van Rompuy's instincts may be more Germanic than French.
就个人而言，范佩龙的直觉比起法国式的而言似乎更趋向于德国。
Privately, Mr Van Rompuy’s instincts may be more Germanic than French.
就个人而言，范佩龙的直觉比起法国式的而言似乎更趋向于德国。
Doctors were called leeches based on a Germanic root that meant "to heal."
基于表示“治愈”的日耳曼词根，医生也被称为leeches。
So both stammer and stutter evolved from the same Germanic language family.
因此，stammer和stutter 都由日耳曼语语系演化而来。
Long before English was English the roots of this word were likely Germanic.
在英语还未成形之前，这个词的词根可能源于德语。
Elements of Santa Claus folklore are likewise derived from Germanic traditions.
圣诞老人民间传说的因素还来自于德国的传统。
All the Old Germanic languages had words beginning with hl -, hn -, hr -, and hw -.
所有的古日耳曼语言中，都有以字母组合hl-，hn -，hr -和hw -开始的单词。
No one knows what made the Germanic language branch off from the Indo-European family.
无人知晓什么原因导致了日耳曼语从印欧语系中脱离。
It came to English from Latin and shows up in a bunch of other Germanic languages as well.
它从拉丁语进入英语，而且它也在其他一些日耳曼语言中出现。
The word nightmare was already a word before it came into English from Germanic languages.
英语单词“梦魇”(nightmare)源自于日耳曼语。
The name "shield volcano" comes from their resemblance to the shields of early Germanic warriors.
盾形火山因它们的形状类似早期德国战士的盾而得名。
The sound b occurs after m in the Old English form and in all its Germanic and more distant cognates.
声音b在m后发声，在古英语的形式里是这样，在其它所有日耳曼和更遥远的同源词里也是一样。
Germanic generals sometimes used their military power to advance their own and their tribes' interests.
日耳曼将军们有时会利用他们的军事力量来为自身和部族获取更多利益。
This word had been part of English since the Germanic peoples came across the English channel in around 450.
自从日耳曼人在公元450年左右横跨英吉利海峡来到这片土地，这个单词就进入了英语。
This word had been part of English since the Germanic peoples came across the English channel in around 450.
自从日耳曼人在公元450年左右横跨英吉利海峡来到这片土地，这个单词就进入了英语。
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