← Back to context Comment by thaumasiotes 1 month ago You are a crackpot. 4 comments thaumasiotes Reply antonvs 1 month ago I think they're just confusing Old Norse with Proto-Germanic, i.e. the common ancestor of both Old Norse and Old English. thaumasiotes 1 month ago >> 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 1 month ago Oh haha I missed that, thanks. That's quite the theory! 1 reply →
antonvs 1 month ago I think they're just confusing Old Norse with Proto-Germanic, i.e. the common ancestor of both Old Norse and Old English. thaumasiotes 1 month ago >> 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 1 month ago Oh haha I missed that, thanks. That's quite the theory! 1 reply →
thaumasiotes 1 month ago >> 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 1 month ago Oh haha I missed that, thanks. That's quite the theory! 1 reply →
I think they're just confusing Old Norse with Proto-Germanic, i.e. the common ancestor of both Old Norse and Old English.
>> 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.
Oh haha I missed that, thanks. That's quite the theory!
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