Episode 31: Saxons, Franks and Other West Germans
The History of English Podcast
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The Second Germanic Sound Shift
The early version of modern German underwent these specific sound changes and it gradually began to evolve in its own direction away from the original Proto-Germanic language. The net result today is that it's difficult to see and hear the common roots of English and German, but they're still there if you look closely enough.
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