Meanings of teutonic languages in English

Elizabeth Elstob, who studied Teutonic languages, was one of the founders of women's education.

It appears with the generic meaning of ''serpent'' in the older forms of many Teutonic languages, cf.

There, too, was made the first translation of the Gospels into one of the Teutonic languages, namely, the Gothic.

What took place may be illustrated by reference to the fate of the Teutonic languages in Gaul, Italy, and Spain.

These have immensely increased the expressiveness of English, while giving it a position midway between the very different Romance and Teutonic languages.