http://wpunj.academia.edu/Brian%C3%93Broin/Talks/13997/The_Ancient_MedievThe Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern Sources of Modern Nautical Vocabulary
| Where: | SEAS - The Society for the Education of the American Sailor |
| When: | February 2010 |
It seems that the proto-Indo-European culture was decidedly land-based, but proto-Germanic culture certainly involved sailing. By the rise of a distinct West Germanic culture, there were several specific terms involving sailing and boat-steerage. Much of the Old English sailing vocabulary was nevertheless borrowed from the North Germanic languages, probably under the influence of the Norse. Sailing technology (and thus vocabulary) changed in late medieval times under the influence of the Normans, but it is undoubtedly Dutch and Low German that were most influential on Modern English sailing vocabulary, and this certainly because the Low German cultures ruled European trading routes for several hundred years right into early modern times.
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