[PAR] [TLE] Targe [SEP] Targe (from Old Franconian *"targa " "shield", Proto-Germanic *"targo " "border") was a general word for shield in late Old English.  Its diminutive, "target", came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century. [PAR] [TLE] Frankish language [SEP] Frankish (reconstructed Frankish: "*Frenkisk"), Old Franconian or Old Frankish was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks between the 4th and 8th century.  The language itself is poorly attested, but it gave rise to numerous loanwords in Old French.  Old Dutch is the term for the Old Franconian dialects spoken in the Low Countries, ie.  in present-day Belgium, in the present Netherlands and Western parts of today's Germany until about the 12th century when it evolved into Middle Dutch.
[PAR] [TLE] Targe [ SEP ] Targe ( from Old Franconian * " targa " " shield " , Proto - Germanic * " targo " " border " ) was a general word for shield in late Old English . Its diminutive , " target " , came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century . [PAR] [TLE] Frankish language [ SEP ] Frankish ( reconstructed Frankish : " * Frenkisk " ) , Old Franconian or Old Frankish was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks between the 4th and 8th century . The language itself is poorly attested , but it gave rise to numerous loanwords in Old French . Old Dutch is the term for the Old Franconian dialects spoken in the Low Countries , ie . in present - day Belgium , in the present Netherlands and Western parts of today 's Germany until about the 12th century when it evolved into Middle Dutch .
Targe (from Old Franconian *"targa " "shield", Proto-Germanic *"targo " "border") was a general word for shield in late Old English, its diminutive, "target", came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century, Frankish,  Old Franconian or Old Frankish was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks between which type span?
Targe ( from Old Franconian * " targa " " shield " , Proto - Germanic * " targo " " border " ) was a general word for shield in late Old English , its diminutive , " target " , came to mean an object to be aimed at in the 18th century , Frankish , Old Franconian or Old Frankish was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks between which type span ?
4th and 8th century
4th and 8th century