THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUIZ 1
GERMANIC, HELLENIC AND ITALIC
3 of the main branches of the Indo-European language family
DIALECT
A form of language variation which can develop as a result of isolation is called a __________________________
INDO-EUROPEAN, GERMANIC, WEST GERMANIC, LOW GERMAN, OLD ENGLISH, MIDDLE ENGLISH & MODERN ENGLISH
Order the steps in the development of modern English, beginning with the root language family
MOTHER
The French word mere and the Greek word meter mean ______________
AMERICAN DIALECT
Varmint is an example of _______________
DU
What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Dutch
GK
What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Greek
HEB
What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Hebrew
HG
What is the abbreviation etymologists use for High German
OE
What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Old English
OF
What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Old French
SP
What is the abbreviation etymologists use for Spanish
PHILOLOGIST
a specialist who studies records of languages and words
TRI
the Celtic and Sanskrit form for three is ______________________
SECHT
the Celtic form for 7 is _________________
SEVEN
the French word sept and the Greek word hepta mean ________________
MOTHER
the Latin word mater is related to the English word _______________
NIGHT
the Latin word noct is related to the English word what?
ETYMOLOGY
the study of the origin and history of a word
LINGUIST
the term used for a person who studies and compares languages
ALL PEOPLE
who speaks a dialect?
GREEK DIALECTS
Hellenic includes the ______________________
INDO-EUROPEAN
English developed from which language family?