Originally Posted By: gooofy
"An English-speaking learner of German will notice how many English words seem to come from German: water/Wasser, bread/Brot, house/Haus."

This is a bit misleading. The words aren't similar because the English words come from German, but because both English and German have a common ancestor.


And to add to your evidence, in Norske/Danske the equivalent words are: vatter; brod; hus.

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