Words from Old Saxon
3 words in Curio passed through Old Saxon on their way into English.
About Old Saxon
West Germanic language, closely related to the Anglo-Frisian languages; the earliest recorded form of Low German · an earlier stage of a language still spoken today
Where
Northwestern Germany, mainly the coastal regions, and the eastern Netherlands
When
Speakers
No reliable count
No census of its speakers exists.
Family path
- Old Saxon
- Middle Low GermanLombardic
- English
Where it came from
Old Saxon was spoken by the Saxons, a Germanic tribe that inhabited the region of Saxony. It is the earliest recorded form of Low German, and is documented from the 8th century until the 12th century, when it gradually evolved into Middle Low German. It partially shares the Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law with Old Frisian and Old English, which sets it apart from Low Franconian and Irminonic languages such as Dutch, Luxembourgish and German.
Source: Wikipedia
Family
Languages that grew out of Old Saxon: Low German, Middle Low German.