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antonvs
72 days ago
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Beowulf's opening "What" is no interjection (2013)
I think they're just confusing Old Norse with Proto-Germanic, i.e. the common ancestor of both Old Norse and Old English.
thaumasiotes
72 days ago
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>> French also began as a Nordic language, but over time only a few hundred or so words remained, with the rest being mostly Latin-based.
antonvs
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Oh haha I missed that, thanks. That's quite the theory!
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