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Wrth gors! It's the native language of the British mainland before the Romans arrived, and until at least the late 700's. By that time the incursive tribes from Northern Europe had moved in and interbred, when they weren't slaughtering - until most of them were Christianised. At which point only the Welsh were left speaking it...ironic, really, since the Welsh didn't call themselves Welsh, but Cymbri. The word 'welsh' comes from the Anglo-Saxon word 'waelsc' - pronounced 'welsh' and means 'foreigner'. So the invaders call the natives 'foreigners'......hmmmmmmmmmm.
The Angles, from Friesland and that part of the mainland Europe, settled mostly in Eastern Britain, and in the end there were just so many of them that people started referring to Aenglaland - England. Where I live is the bit that sticks out on the right of the big island - East Anglia. The foks that lived in the North gave us North-folk - Norfolk. In the South, South-folk - Suffolk. Even further South and East, Essex, from Aesternsaetan.
The Angles, from Friesland and that part of the mainland Europe, settled mostly in Eastern Britain, and in the end there were just so many of them that people started referring to Aenglaland - England. Where I live is the bit that sticks out on the right of the big island - East Anglia. The foks that lived in the North gave us North-folk - Norfolk. In the South, South-folk - Suffolk. Even further South and East, Essex, from Aesternsaetan.