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Our English ancestors

Sam BaschSam Basch, 12 November 2022
You remember how our ancestors spoke of "The English War", referring to the Anglo-Boer War. To them, everyone was "English", regardless of the Scots, Welsh and Irish, in addition to English, involved. Sam briefly looked back over 2000 years to see where these "English" came from – and also the origin of their language.
Sam talked about the people our ancestors (during the Anglo-Boer War) referred to as English, which actually also included Scots, Irish and Welsh. He briefly looked back over 2000 years to see where the English came from.
If one goes back in history, one can see that initially the primitive people, then the Celtic tribes lived in Britain before the Romans came. After the Romans had withdrawn after 400 years, there were people from Northern Germany already in Britain and then there was a migration by Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Frisians from Europe to Britain and the original population moved to the western part, like Wales and Cornwall. Later the Vikings came during the eighth century.
Words that still exist in the English language today can be traced back to the migrants. In 1066 the Battle of Hastings and the victory of the Norman William the Conqueror ended the rule of the Anglo-Saxons. It had a great influence on the way of life of the indigenous population.