Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proudly and embarrassingly declared that he only "speaks American" while in a room filled with leaders from Latin America.
and Celtic, Greek, Dutch, Turkish, various Indian/South Asian languages and Arabic.
Yeah, but those are all small-volume loan words. And some of the Turkish ones listed were pass-throughs of Arabic or Persian words.
Not to mention the “French” and “German” you mention were actually Saxon and Norman which became those languages.
There was also a bit of a Norse influence on early English, both lexicon and grammar. And there’s some evidence of a few Celtic grammatical constructs having been picked up in early English too, such as the “Do” in “Do you still beat your wife?” which has no Germanic or Romance parallels.
and Celtic, Greek, Dutch, Turkish, various Indian/South Asian languages and Arabic.
Not to mention the “French” and “German” you mention were actually Saxon and Norman which became those languages.
Yeah, but those are all small-volume loan words. And some of the Turkish ones listed were pass-throughs of Arabic or Persian words.
There was also a bit of a Norse influence on early English, both lexicon and grammar. And there’s some evidence of a few Celtic grammatical constructs having been picked up in early English too, such as the “Do” in “Do you still beat your wife?” which has no Germanic or Romance parallels.
Out of curiosity what Turkish words and Indian words are common in english
aryan, bugger, coffee, doodle, horde, kiosk, lackey, mammoth, ottoman, pillar, quiver, sofa, turquoise, yogurt.
Bungalow, pyjamas, jungle, loot, shampoo
I was curious, as well, and discovered we weren’t the first.
Turkish origin words (baklava is common).
Here’s a list of lists for various Indian languages (guru is common).