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Originally Posted by Chris
It’s a language of the Celts but there never was a root language called Celtic. The correct family name is Brythonic (or Brittonic). Welsh, Breton, Cornish, Irish and Scots Gaelic are all Brythonic languages.
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Just like English is descended from the West Germanic group of languages…
I was told a few years ago (by a Medieval History Prof) that modern Icelandic is very close to Medieval English (in structure).