Re:Learn to read Middle English
by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @09:01PM
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No, it's literally as incorrect as saying Italian came from French. When in fact both just came from Vulgur Latin.
Both share a common ancestor. A lot further back than the 16th century. At the time that the branch that became English came into existence, German didn't exist either. It was just Frankish, or Alemannic.
At the time the Angles Saxons and Jutes left the continent, what eventually became German looked like this:
Both share a common ancestor. A lot further back than the 16th century. At the time that the branch that became English came into existence, German didn't exist either. It was just Frankish, or Alemannic.
At the time the Angles Saxons and Jutes left the continent, what eventually became German looked like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergakker_inscription
And it was already a separate language from the Angles' language