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pre-Germanic
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For use on Germanic etymologies (preferably Proto-Germanic reconstruction entries) to clarify when a PIE reconstruction is Germanic-only, i.e. it may reflect a pre-Germanic precursor dialect of PIE/post-PIE, as opposed to true Proto-Indo-European shared as an ancestor with other branches of Indo-European.
Note that the lowercase is used (instead of "Pre-Germanic") because pre-Germanic is not a specific language; its only defining characteristic is belonging to any stage of language evolution between PIE and Proto-Germanic proper, not including the latter.