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> milder influences of Gaelic languages Gaelic is the surviving Celtic language of Scotland, and not the dominant Celtic language of Scotland when the Angles a
by DFHippie 3y ago
> milder influences of Gaelic languages
Gaelic is the surviving Celtic language of Scotland, and not the dominant Celtic language of Scotland when the Angles and Saxons arrived, which was more like Welsh. I don't think Gaelic has had a sizable influence on English. One would expect this to have come more from Welsh, Cornish, and Cumbric, the displaced languages, but I'm not aware of a huge influence here either.
- mr_toad 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Scottish_Gaelic_origin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Scott... I would not have picked Strontium.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoDo-support is thought to have come into English from a local Celtic language.
- BirAdam 3y agoThe usage of “do” and some of the uses of would/could/should come from “Celtic” languages if I understand correctly.