Germanic vs Indo-Hittite

Indo-Hittite vs Germanic

Germanic and Indo-Hittite both are nouns.

Germanic is an adjective but Indo-Hittite is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Germanic	Yes	Yes	No	No
Indo-Hittite	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Indo-Hittite is a hypernym of Germanic; that is, Indo-Hittite is a word with a broader meaning than Germanic:

Germanic: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
Indo-Hittite: the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia

Other hypernyms of Germanic include Indo-European, Indo-European language.

Germanic (noun)	Indo-Hittite (noun)
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic	the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia

Germanic (adjective)	Indo-Hittite (adjective)
of or relating to the language of Germans
of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages

Difference between Germanic and Indo-Hittite

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