The English Language

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How is it possible that, for example, English and Italian are distant 'cousins'? How closely related are Dutch & English?

Which stages can you distinguish in the English language evolution?

Find out what the etymology of the name 'England' is.

What does the bluetooth symbol stand for?

Bluetooth

- Harald Bluetooth, 

the king who ruled over all tribes in Denmark  conquered parts of Norway, 

- Bindrune

- Similar purpose — unity and communication among different groups.

Runic graffiti

Sakse placed these runes ..... man

Who was the Venerable Bede and why was he important to (Old) English history?

Assignment

Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to  https://www.etymonline.com/ and look up the roots of the following words.  Write down the root form and where it came from.

Thames, man, crag, wife, child, son, daughter, dandelion, London, make, love, tor, family, work, come, go, look, word, but, for, and, bin, Avon, joy

Assignment answers

Thames - , man, crag, wife, child, son, daughter, dandelion, London, make, love, tor, family, work, come, go, look

 word - Old English 

but - Old English

 for - Old English

 and - Old English bin - Old Celtic

 Avon - Old Celtic

joy - Old French

Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to  https://www.etymonline.com/ and loop up the Old English roots of the following words:

man, wife, child, son, daughter, make, use, love, family, work, come, go, 

Work in pairs. Each pair takes a couple of the words below. Go to  https://www.etymonline.com/ and look up the roots of the following words. They can have either an Old English, Latin or Celtic root. Write down the root form and where it came from.

Thames, man, crag, wife, child, son, daughter, London, make, use, love, torr, family, work, come, go, look, word, but, for, and, binn, Avon, 

Look up...

What major event took place in 1066 on the British Isles and why is it significant to (Old) English history?

Question

Why is meat from a pig called 'pork' and not just 'pig meat'? In the same way, why do we say 'beef' instead of 'cow meat'?

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