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The document discusses the vocabulary of Old English (OE), including its size, sources, and changes over time. It notes that the OE vocabulary was relatively small, around 30,000 words, and was predominantly Germanic in origin, with only about 3% being loanwords from other languages like Latin and Celtic. The native Germanic words can be divided into common Indo-European, common Germanic, and specifically Old English layers. Latin influence increased the vocabulary through words related to Christianity, adm
- Author
- Diana Chernyashchuk
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- EN