<P> Englisc, which the term English is derived from, means' pertaining to the Angles' . In Old English, this word was derived from Angles (one of the Germanic tribes who conquered parts of Great Britain in the 5th century). During the 9th century, all invading Germanic tribes were referred to as Englisc . It has been hypothesised that the Angles acquired their name because their land on the coast of Jutland (now mainland Denmark) resembled a fishhook . Proto - Germanic * anguz also had the meaning of' narrow', referring to the shallow waters near the coast . That word ultimately goes back to Proto - Indo - European * h2enǵh -, also meaning' narrow' . </P> <P> Another theory is that the derivation of' narrow' is the more likely connection to angling (as in fishing), which itself stems from a PIE root meaning bend, angle . The semantic link is the fishing hook, which is curved or bent at an angle . In any case, the Angles may have been called such because they were a fishing people or were originally descended from such, and therefore England would mean' land of the fishermen', and English would be' the fishermen's language' . </P> <P> Old English was not static, and its usage covered a period of 700 years, from the Anglo - Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century to the late 11th century, some time after the Norman invasion . While indicating that the establishment of dates is an arbitrary process, Albert Baugh dates Old English from 450 to 1150, a period of full inflections, a synthetic language . Perhaps around 85 per cent of Old English words are no longer in use, but those that survived are basic elements of Modern English vocabulary . </P> <P> Old English is a West Germanic language, developing out of Ingvaeonic (also known as North Sea Germanic) dialects from the 5th century . It came to be spoken over most of the territory of the Anglo - Saxon kingdoms which became the Kingdom of England . This included most of present - day England, as well as part of what is now southeastern Scotland, which for several centuries belonged to the Anglo - Saxon kingdom of Northumbria . Other parts of the island--Wales and most of Scotland--continued to use Celtic languages, except in the areas of Scandinavian settlements where Old Norse was spoken . Celtic speech also remained established in certain parts of England: Medieval Cornish was spoken all over Cornwall and in adjacent parts of Devon, while Cumbric survived perhaps to the 12th century in parts of Cumbria, and Welsh may have been spoken on the English side of the Anglo - Welsh border . Norse was also widely spoken in the parts of England which fell under Danish law . </P>

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