You forgot Old Norse/Danish. "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark!" Couple that with that Saxon and Norse are Germanic. Modern English is an interestin

You forgot Old Norse/Danish. "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark!" Couple that with that Saxon and Norse are Germanic. Modern English is an interesting mix in so many ways, I believe it is so pretty because it got all the rough edges polished off by this incredible meld of what made it up.