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Celtic 3 stages Before450: Loans into Germanic (car, lance)

Celtic 3 stages Before450: Loans into Germanic (car, lance) 450-1400: Adoptions into Old English (dolmen, druid, glen, cross) After 1400: Influence after the Old English period (clan, bard, plaid) Latin Started borrowing words at 410 Divided into 3 periods

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Celtic 3 stages Before450: Loans into Germanic (car, lance)

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  1. Celtic • 3 stages • Before450: Loans into Germanic (car, lance) • 450-1400: Adoptions into Old English (dolmen, druid, glen, cross) • After 1400: Influence after the Old English period (clan, bard, plaid) • Latin • Started borrowing words at 410 • Divided into 3 periods • Influence on Germanic on the continent • Influence on Old English before the Middle English period • Influence during the Renaissance • Scandinavian • started 700 • common words such as man, wife, summer • 1137 , till • French • 1066, William the Conqueror • 1066-1250: fewer than 1000 words in the first phase • 1250 – 1500: second phase, borrowed content words • estimated at 10000 words borrowed • terms used in government, law, religion, art, food, and learning.

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