August Schleicher
skrev en fabel på hans tänkta protogermanska, stycket nedan har modifierats
utefter forskningsframstegen genom åldern men bibehållits i sak:
Awiz ehwōz-uh: awiz,
sō wullō7 ne habdē, sahw ehwanz, ainanō7 kurjanō7 wagną teuhandų, ainanō7-uh mikilō7 kuriþō7, ainanō7-uh gumanų sneumundô berandų. Awiz nu ehwamaz sagdē: hertô sairīþi mek,
sehwandē ehwanz akandų gumanų. Ehwōz sagdēdun: gahauzī, awi! hertô sairīþi uns
sehwandumiz: gumô, fadiz, uz awīz wullō wurkīþi siz warmą wastijō7. Awiz-uh wullō7 ne habaiþi. Þat hauzidaz awiz akrą
flauh.
The Sheep and the Horses: a sheep that had no wool saw horses, one pulling
a heavy wagon, one carrying a big load, and one carrying a man quickly. The
sheep said to the horses: “My heart pains me, seeing a man driving horses”. The
horses said: “Listen, sheep, our hearts pain us when we see this: a man, the
master, makes the wool of the sheep into a warm garment for himself. And the
sheep has no wool”. Having heard this, the sheep fled into the plain.
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