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What is the "root" of the English language?

1.Hindi
2.Germanic
3.Proto-Indo-European

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English is a West Germanic language that originated from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain in the mid 5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon settlers from what is now northwest Germany, west Denmark and the Netherlands, removing the Celtic languages that previously dominated.
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I think it is answer B. Sorry if it's wrong.

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