• hendrik
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    113 hours ago

    Isn’t it the other way round? The english having bludgeoned the other languages and made the result theirs? And english and german both are west germanic languages and share a common ancestor.

    • @[email protected]
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      410 hours ago

      No. English got its French words after William the Conqueror of Normandy (France) invaded England and conquered the Anglo Saxons.