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minus-squareolosta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·4 hours agoEnglish is a Germanic language, so Germanic words are fine, foreign just means latin, greek, french…
minus-squareLvxferre@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 hours ago so Germanic words are fine Not all Germanic words; it depends on how they found their way into the vocabulary. For example something like “sky” should be still removed, even if Germanic - because it’s an Old Norse borrowing.
minus-squaremetallic_z3r0@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 minutes agoOld Norse evolved from Proto-Norse, which was a Proto-Germanic dialect. It’s still Germanic.
English is a Germanic language, so Germanic words are fine, foreign just means latin, greek, french…
Not all Germanic words; it depends on how they found their way into the vocabulary. For example something like “sky” should be still removed, even if Germanic - because it’s an Old Norse borrowing.
Old Norse evolved from Proto-Norse, which was a Proto-Germanic dialect. It’s still Germanic.