Proto-Germanic - Proto-Norse (earliest North Germanic language) - Old Norse/Norrønt - Old West Norse - Old Icelandic/Old Norwegian - Icelandic, Middle Norwegian - Modern Norwegian
- Old East Norse - Old Danish, Old Swedish - Middle Danish, Middle Swedish - Modern Danish, Modern Swedish
A variant of old Norse was also called 'Danish tongue' by contemporary saga chroniclers, supposedly a pan-Scandinavian lingua franca.
