Germanic vs. Germaic [closed]

Solution 1:

A Google search for [ "germaic" "germanic" ] will turn up many examples of this common typographical error. Here are some.

1

“The development of voiced labiovelars in Germanic”^[PDF] from the website Sverre Stausland Johnsen (University of Oslo):

Cubbin, G. P. 1979. A case of homonymic clash in *Germaic. IF 84:226‐236.

[actual title of cited article is verifiably “A case of homonymic clash in Germanic”]

2

“The Pronunciation of Smaug” from the website Arrant Pedantry:

this shows Smugan as an Old English word, derived from the Proto-*Germaic

[article is tagged Proto-Germanic]

3

“Lecture by Janet Swaffar, September 22, 2006” from the website Berkeley Language Center:

“Some Thoughts on the Cultural Permutations of Literacy in Language Teaching” by Janet Swaffar, Professor of German, Department of *Germaic Studies, University of Texas at Austin

[actual department name is verifiably Germanic Studies]

Note

In the examples, bold face emphasis is mine, and asterisk (*) indicates wrong spelling.