Preface List of abbreviations Introduction Aim and structure Linguistic sources and terminology Monographs on Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic The Proto-Slavic prosodic system Introduction AP (a) AP (b) AP (c) AP (d)? Research history on the accentuation of Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic Meillet (1909), Lehr-Splawinski (1929) Stender-Petersen (1927), Kiparsky (1934) Kurylowicz (1951, 1952) Reception of Kurylowicz (1951, 1952) Language contact between Proto-Slavic and Germanic tribes The Germanic and Slavic homelands Slavic expansion towards the Roman Empire Slavic expansion towards the west and the later Frankish Empire Proto-Slavic loanwords in Germanic Conclusion Excursus I: Loanwords from and into Latin and early Romance Excursus II: ‘Temematic’ substrate in Proto-Slavic The main corpus: Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic Introduction Loanwords with AP (a) Loanwords with AP (b) and a heavy syllabic nucleus Loanwords with AP (b) and a light syllabic nucleus Loanwords with AP (c) Loanwords with an unknown AP Words that cannot be regarded as certain Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic Introduction Later loanwords from Germanic (a selection) Loanwords of Latin or Germanic origin Words of indeterminable origin Words that cannot be regarded as Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic The origin of the loanwords Introduction Phonological adaptation of the loanwords Morphological adaptation of the loanwords Semantic layering of the loanwords Accentological analysis of the material Summary and introduction Presentation of the material according to their Germanic origin Discussion of the material Bibliography Bibliographic abbreviations References Index

Saskia Pronk-Tiethoff’s research focuses on Slavic historical linguistics and language contact between Slavic and Germanic. She studied Slavic languages and cultures and Comparative Indo-European linguistics at Leiden University, where she also obtained her doctoral degree. She currently lives in Zagreb, where she contributed to the Croatian-Dutch dictionary (Institute for Croatian Language and Linguistics), and now contributes to the Croatian Church Slavic dictionary (Old Church Slavonic Institute).