English 英文的起原是......??

A lot of ppl tended to think that English originated from Latin, which is true in a way, but only true from the time of Ancient Rome! Then what about the time BEFORE that? I think, personally, it's a mixture of old Danish (old Norse to be exact) and old German, brought over to now what's known as 'England' by the Angles from the region Angeln in Northern Germany, the Saxons from Saxony in East Germany and the Jutes (Vikings) from Denmark (remember, Denmark use to be a big country including Denmark, Norway, Sweden, parts of Finland, Iceland and Ireland, yes, Ireland!!). It was also mixed with old Irish (celtic). So it's safe to say that English came from Germanic languages, which developed into Latin and modern English. That's why English is sometimes called 'Anglo-Saxon'.
I'm learning Danish now and hae learnt German in the past, I'm surprised at the similarities of alot of modern Danish and German words with modern English. A good example is 'father' and 'land':
Danish: Var, land
German: Vater, land
Old English: Faeder, land
Old Norse (where Danish comes from) was only a spoken language until it was written out in symboles (called 'Runic') to represent the sounds. The first record of those was from the 8th century. Norse was changed into Latin alphabet (English letters) in the 11th century when the region converted to Christianity (ie. by the Romans). So Old English looked like symboles, then looked like modern Danish, then modern English.
I'm interested in lingistics and these are all my findings and opinions over the years. Hope that answered your question =)

英文的起原是,印度的圖畫。我想應該是!