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I think they're just confusing Old Norse with Proto-Germanic, i.e. the common ancestor of both Old Norse and Old English.

• thaumasiotes 10mo ago
  >> French also began as a Nordic language, but over time only a few hundred or so words remained, with the rest being mostly Latin-based.
  • antonvs 10mo ago
    Oh haha I missed that, thanks. That's quite the theory!
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