Select three of the languages that are steps English went through before it became the Modern English.

Question

Old French
Germanic
Yiddish
Old English
Celtic
Indo-European

Answer 1

The three languages that are steps in the evolution of English before it became Modern English are:

1. Old English - The earliest form of the English language, spoken in England from around the 5th to the 11th century.
2. Germanic - English is a Germanic language that evolved from the West Germanic branch. The early influences were from the Germanic tribes that settled in Britain.
3. Old French - After the Norman Conquest in 1066, Old French significantly influenced Middle English, especially in vocabulary and syntax.

Celtic and Indo-European are part of the broader linguistic background but are not direct steps in the evolution of English itself. Yiddish, while a Germanic language, emerged much later and is not a direct ancestor of English.