This document compares words between Old English and modern German and finds many similarities in roots and pronunciation despite sound changes over time. Several examples show German words maintaining the same roots as Old English words but with added or changed vowels or consonants, such as "boga/bogen" and "eordan/erde". In some cases, like "ic/ich" and "wilcume/willkommen", the initial sounds are nearly identical between the two languages. The document concludes many German words still maintain their grammatical origins from Old English.
This document compares words between Old English and modern German and finds many similarities in roots and pronunciation despite sound changes over time. Several examples show German words maintaining the same roots as Old English words but with added or changed vowels or consonants, such as "boga/bogen" and "eordan/erde". In some cases, like "ic/ich" and "wilcume/willkommen", the initial sounds are nearly identical between the two languages. The document concludes many German words still maintain their grammatical origins from Old English.
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This document compares words between Old English and modern German and finds many similarities in roots and pronunciation despite sound changes over time. Several examples show German words maintaining the same roots as Old English words but with added or changed vowels or consonants, such as "boga/bogen" and "eordan/erde". In some cases, like "ic/ich" and "wilcume/willkommen", the initial sounds are nearly identical between the two languages. The document concludes many German words still maintain their grammatical origins from Old English.
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the same root “nam” that in the Old English. Nese Nein In this example the first two letters “ne” remains same in the German language but the end changes because was added the vowel “i” and the consonant “n”. These words are pronounced different. img517.imageshack.us/.../violenciamujer2hj3. jpg Boga Bogen
In this example we can see that the
German word and the old english one have the same roots but throughout time a letter was added to the German one and the “a” changed to “e”. Eordan Erde
The German word, still maintains
some vowels and consonants of the Old english example “e” “r” Wilcume Willkommen This words have so much similarity because the letter “c” be pronouced “k” in the Old English and equally is pronounce the letter “k” in German. Also the first words “wil” “will”are pronouns same in both language.
gramatical origin in German language. Cunnan Kennen This two words have so much similarity because the letter “c” was pronounced in the Old English like “k”,the same way that now in the German language. Also, both have the same quantity of consonants “n” Ic Ich
In this example we can see that both
phrase begin with the letters “ic”. Min Mein
We can see carefully that this two
words have a similarity only that time after to the German word was added the vowel “e”. Fæder Vater