The birth of a language, the birth of a nation: Old English

1. Steps:

1.1. Old English (V century - 1066) https://it-it.facebook.com/bbccomedy/videos/10155184172901778/

1.2. Middle English (1066 - XV century)

1.3. Modern English (XV century - onwards)

2. There were runes

2.1. Letters of an old alphabet used in northen Europe by German tribes. Video: The secret messages of Viking runestones - Jesse Byock

3. Where did English come from? - Claire Bowern

3.1. Seems so distant, but it's more similar to nowadays language than anything

3.1.1. Irregural verbs were originated in this period

3.1.2. Saxon Genitive

3.1.3. Day-names connected to religion

3.2. Half way between Latin and French

3.2.1. It had latinate words and it was inflected

3.2.2. French was royal language: William the Conquer was French.

3.2.3. Lots of Old English words come from the conquers vocabulary

3.2.3.1. London from Londinium (Latin name)

3.2.3.2. the suffix -chester in names (Manchester), from the Romans

3.2.3.3. the suffix -cumbe (=deep valley), from the Celts