words

Are

Borrowed othersnative

derivate

created

Words taken From one languageby another

English language Intermixed

VikingsNorman conquest

(French)

affected

OELatinRoman

Christianity

reintroduced

ME

These words resembleOne another

cognates

English: nightFrench : nuitLatin: noctis

e.g

Renaissance

Of

FrenchLatin Spanish etc

disappear

durableHandFootmother

Wergildscora

Chain of borrowings

Anglo-Saxon Danish invasion

West GermanyGermanicWest European

Indo European

spoke

from

The most distant origin of the words

The reconstructed hypothetical common ancestor language