This has been fun to observe in Slovenia. Old words come from German, because we were part of AustroHungary. Old-but-reformed words come from Czech, because in

This has been fun to observe in Slovenia. Old words come from German, because we were part of AustroHungary. Old-but-reformed words come from Czech, because in the 1800's we wanted to stop being so Germanic. Somewhat old words come from Serbo-Croatian, because we were part of Yugoslavia. Modern words come from English, because internet. So we have a language where words you use around the home are often germanic, jokes and swear words are south slavic, and anything to do with computers is english. Plus a few French words here and there from the time of Napoleon.