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Originally Posted by sesame

English derived from German? That is an insane idea! Or do you mean Germanic (Indo-European family of languages)?(thats true)

I prefer to think that English, French & German developed independantly from Latin & Indo-European family of languages.

In fact, French sounds very much like a twisted dialect of English. (no pun) Just my observation.

To be truly accurate English is a Germanic language. English is named after the Angles, a Germanic tribe. The Saxons, another Germanic tribe, also had a great influence on English. Norwegian and Danish words, through the Viking conquests, have contributed words to the English language. All the Scandanavian languages are classified as Germanic (note Finns are not Scandanavian and their language is not Germanic).

If one traces back the Indo European languages one will find that their common root is Sanskrit.