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by rhdunn
2 hours ago
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Norman French due to the Norman invasion of 1066 resulting in Old English evolving into Middle English. You can see that in the words for animals vs meats (cow and boef/beef, sheep and mutton, etc.) where the Germanic people raised the sheep and the Norman aristocracy ate them. A lot of the more common and simpler words are Germanic, as is the grammar (e.g. compound words like cupboard). |
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