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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Also funnily enough, it's arguably the most representative of the Germanic languages as a whole. It started out as a form of Central Germanic. Then during the Viking Age it was heavily influencd by a Northern Germanic language, Old Norse.

Even the French influence is a very specific variety of French, since the Normans were actually descended from Vikings