But back in the Germanic languages that the word grew out of, it had been two words that roughly translate as “loaf warden.”
然而，当人们将这个单词一直追溯到其源头——日耳曼语族——的时候，就会发现，它原来是一个由两个词所构成的词组，大概有“面包管理员”（loaf warden）的意思。
In 1848, a century before Orwell's article, the renowned linguist August Schleicher dismissed the English of his day as the most 'ground-down' of all the Germanic languages.
1848年，比奥威尔的文章早整整一个世纪的时候，著名的语言学家奥古斯特·施莱歇尔把他所在时代的英语不屑地贬为全部日耳曼语言中最“败坏”的一种。
English is a member of the Germanic group of languages.
英语是日耳曼语系中的一种语言。
He recognized that Sanskrit, the language of India, was related very closely to Latin, Greek, and the Germanic and Celtic languages.
他认识到梵语，即印度的语言，与拉丁语、希腊语、日尔曼语和凯尔特语密切同源。
English began as one of several obscure languages spoken by illiterate Germanic tribesmen in the mists of northern Europe.
英语起初是北欧一些未受过教育的日尔曼部落人员讲的几种含糊语言中的一种。
Yet by 1200, and in opposition to all the other Germanic languages where related words still held the viewer’s perspective, in English “show” suddenly meant “to be seen.”
不过到了1200年，尽管日耳曼语系的其他语言依然将这个词与观察者的视角相联系，英语却反其道而行之，show的意思突然变成了“被看见”。
One possibility is that it is such an old word that it evolved into the roots of both Latin and Germanic languages from an earlier source.
有一种可能是这个词太古老了，以至于进入到了拉丁语以及德语的词根中了。
In the Germanic group of languages, only Icelandic still has a semblance of hl -, hn -, and hr - in pronunciation.
在日耳曼语族的语言中，只有冰岛语的发音中还有类似hl-，hn -和hr -的音。
The Teutonic languages derive from Primitive Germanic.
日耳曼语言起源于原始的日耳曼语。
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。
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。
Even worse, in the words of Germanic languages, has had a neutral.
更糟糕的是，在日耳曼语系的语言中，又多了一个中性。
The Teutonic languages derive from Primitive Germanic.
一种起源于拉丁语的语言。
The Scandinavian languages of Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish comprise the North Germanic grouping.
丹麦语、冰岛语、挪威语及瑞典语等北欧语系则属北日耳曼语系。
English is a branch of the Germanic family of languages.
英语是日耳曼语系的一个分支。
English belongs to the Germanic group of languages.
嘱英语属于日尔曼语系。
Germanic warriors from the European mainland invaded the British Isles around 450 AD, mixing Germanic with the Celtic languages.
日耳曼的勇士们在公元450年间从欧洲大陆入侵到了不列颠群岛，把日耳曼语言和凯尔特语整合到了一起。
Afrikaans, Dutch, English, Flemish, and German are the more important languages within the West Germanic grouping.
南非荷兰语、荷兰语、英语、佛兰芝语及德语则属西日耳曼语的几种重要语言。
Dutch, English, Flemish, and German are the more important languages within the West germanic grouping.
南非荷兰语、 荷兰语、英语、 佛兰芝语及德语则属西日耳曼语的几种重要语言。
The east Germanic tribes settled east of the Oder River, but their languages have long since become extinct.
东部的日耳曼各部落定居在奥得河以东地区，但是他们的语言早就消失了。
English, German and Norwegian are grouped under the Germanic family of languages.
英语、德语和挪威语归于日耳曼语系。
English belongs to the Germanic group of languages.
英语和德语属于同一语系。
The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages.
在很多日尔曼语中这个简单的元音出现爆破。
English is a branch of the Germanic family of languages.
英语是日耳曼语系中的一支。
All great languages have humble beginnings. in the case of English it was the arrival in Britain of a small Germanic tribe from an "Angle" of land on the Continent.
所有伟大的语言有谦虚的开端。如英语，这是抵达英国的一个小日耳曼族从“角”的土地大陆。
All great languages have humble beginnings. in the case of English it was the arrival in Britain of a small Germanic tribe from an "Angle" of land on the Continent.
所有伟大的语言有谦虚的开端。如英语，这是抵达英国的一个小日耳曼族从“角”的土地大陆。
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