![]() ![]() Nevertheless, about half of the most commonly used words in Modern English have Old English roots. Native English speakers now would have great difficulty understanding Old English. Old English did not sound or look like English today. The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages, which in Britain developed into what we now call Old English. ![]() Germanic invaders entered Britain on the east and south coasts in the 5th century Old English (450-1100 AD) The Angles came from "Englaland" and their language was called "Englisc" - from which the words "England" and "English" are derived. But most of the Celtic speakers were pushed west and north by the invaders - mainly into what is now Wales, Scotland and Ireland. ![]() At that time the inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. These tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany. The history of the English language really started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during the 5th century AD. This page is a short history of the origins and development of the English language ![]()
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