Online Etymology Dictionary -
England -
Old English - Engla land, lit. "the land of the Angles".
English - Word History:
The word English is not derived from the word England.
The language name is found long before the country name.
The latter first appears as Englaland around the year 1000, and means "the land of the Engle," that is, the Angles.
The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were the three Germanic tribes who emigrated from what is now Denmark and northern Germany and settled in England beginning about the fourth century A.D.
Early on, the Angles enjoyed a rise to power that must have made them seem more important than the other two tribes, for all three tribes are indiscriminately referred to in early documents as Angles.
The speech of the three tribes was conflated in the same way: they all spoke what would have been called *Anglisc, or "Anglish," as it were.
By the earliest recorded Old English, this had changed to Englisc.
In Middle English, the first vowel had already changed further to the familiar (ĭ) of today, as reflected in the occasional spellings Ingland and Inglish.
Thus the record shows that the Germanic residents of what Shakespeare called "this sceptered isle" knew that they were speaking English long before they were aware that they were living in England.
2007-11-21 10:51:53
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answered by Anonymous
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England (pronounced /ˈɪŋglənd/) (Old English: Englaland, Middle English: Engelond
from germanic Angle land
2007-11-21 10:36:40
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answered by The old man 6
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The dictionary does not say anything. English does not have anything to do with England even though people in England speak English.
2007-11-21 11:43:09
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answered by cidyah 7
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England is actually derived from Angle-land - Land of the Angles, who came to Britain with the Saxons (Anglo-Saxons) just after the Roman period. Hope this helps.
2007-11-21 10:26:45
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answered by SKCave 7
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You're English with a few Irish background. If you have been born overseas you could nonetheless be English due to the fact either one of your moms and dads are English, however relying at the legislation of the nation you're born in you would even be a citizen there - which could make you a twin-citizen - due to the fact the UK enables it is residents to go on British citizenship to their international-born youngsters. This is most commonly the identical main issue your buddy is in. He used to be born in Germany, however each his moms and dads are Scottish so he'll introduced as much as think very Scottish by way of them - thus why he speaks with their accessory. He would not always get German citizenship simply due to the fact he's born there, however he would most commonly follow for it he needed to take action someday. :-)
2016-09-05 11:23:14
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answered by ? 4
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