Etymological survey of the old English vocabulary

The history of the English language is directly related to the history of the British Isles. Britain was inhabited by different peoples: Celts, Angles, Saxons, the Romans and Scandinavians also often sailed here. All this affected the development of the language. The Anglo-Saxon tribes who settled the British Isles in the fifth century spoke the so-called Anglo-Saxon language, which, having supplanted the Celtic language and Latin, while retaining some of their elements, became known as Old English. The relevance of the study lies in the fact that examination of the origin of words is of great interest in establishing the interrelations between languages and linguistic groups.

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Word etymology throws light on the history of the speaking community and on its contacts with other peoples. Etymological research helps not only to study the history of language development, but also to learn about the migration of various tribes and peoples, their interaction with each other, about the interactions between different cultures. The purpose of the study is to review and analyze the vocabulary of the Old English language and its origin. In accordance with the purpose of the study, we can list the following objectives: 1) to review the vocabulary of the Old English language; 2) to study the history of the influence of other languages and cultures on the development of the Old English language; 3) Describe and classify borrowings in Old English; 4) To analyze the ways of word formation in the Old English language; The structure of the study consists of an introduction, three chapters, a conclusion and a list of references.

This research paper has given an account of some basic information about etymological survey of Old English vocabulary. The main issues which occur are connected firstly, with the history of Old English and it’s vocabulary, grammar and phonetics. Secondly, we have analyzed Old English vocabulary in order to determine groups of borrowings frоm other languages. The resulting classification allowed us to understand frоm which languages Old English borrowed the most words and at what time periods this happened. The third section of the study is related to the process of word formation, which helps us to realize the structure of words in Old English and helps to get enough understanding of the language of that period.

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