2: History of English up to Old English

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High School Diploma English Karteikarten am 2: History of English up to Old English, erstellt von Alex Nguyen am 12/01/2016.
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Who spoke Indo-European, when and where did they live * Nomadic tribes * 3 500 - 3 000 BC * They lived by the Black Sea
What is a reconstructed language and name one * No written proof of the language (writing wasn't invented & nomads moving = create new language) * Indo-European
What are the oldest languages which we have written proof of * 2 000 BC: Sanskrit * 1 500 BC: Greek * 500 BC: Latin
What divided West Germanic into 3 parts and name them * Consonant shift 1- Old High German 2- Old Low German 3- Anglo-Saxon (O.E.)
Why was England less affected by the consonant shift * It was an island in the North = isolated
How did that affect the language and give examples English has kept some earlier consonant characteristics of German: * p--> pf (pepper --> pfepper) * t --> ß or s (water --> wasser) (foot --> futß)
What other languages resembles Old English grammar Latin and German
Old English Grammar: * Genders (masc. or fem.) * Noun declension (inflections of a noun indicates the no., case, gender) => not necessary for words to be in order * Adjective inflection (must agree with the noun) * Strong/weak verbs (regular/irregular)
Give examples of noun declension with the word dog * Gender: masculin * Singular: * Plural subjective: hund hundas genetive: hundes hunda dative: hunde hundum
How many Celtic words came into English and give examples * 12 words * Rivers: Thames, Avon * Places: Dover, Kent * Crag = high rock * Dry = druid
How did Greek words came into English and give examples * Monks of the monastery Lindisfarne (Holy Island) wrote manuscrites => gospel words: angel, altar, psalm, martyr
Name Sanskrit words deva --> divin me, three, father, mother, new
How many English words come from A/S and give examples * 90% of English words * -ton = enclosure (Boston) * -ham = town (Buckingham) * -stead = site (Hamstead) * wife, the, this, that
Give examples of words with Norse origins * -beck = stream * -thorpe = settlement * kirkby = farm by the church * -toft = piece of land * husband
Name the word foot and ten in M.E., O.E., O.H.G., Gothic, Latin and Greek M.E.: foot ten O.E.: fót tien O.H.G.: fuotz zehen Gothic: fotos taihum Latin: pes decem Greek: pod deka
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