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bricklove@midwest.social 3 weeks agoIt’d be more accurate to say they share the same origin. Swedish and English are both part of the Germanic language family.
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bricklove@midwest.social 3 weeks agoIt’d be more accurate to say they share the same origin. Swedish and English are both part of the Germanic language family.
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
English has a lot of influence from both Germanic and Latin, to the point where I don’t think it’s reasonable to classify it as a strictly “Germanic” language.
There are plenty of English words that can be traced to old Norse (i.e. Norwegian Viking occupiers, raiders, and/or traders).
breecher@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Linguists disagree with you.