Comments by "John Brereton" (@johnbrereton5229) on "Anglo-Saxon DNA: The Early English Gene Pool Revealed…" video.

@cymro6537 Evidence gathered by Professor Daphne Nash Briggs shows that the Iceni tribe of Boudicca fame spoke a Germanic tongue. Also in the 1st century BC when Cesar first came to Britain chasing the Belgae tribe he noticed that they were well established across southern Britain and that they also spoke a Germanic tongue. In fact, Hans Khun and Maurits Gysseling both independently proposed that an area in northwest Europe stretching out north from Belgium into the Netherlands and south into France. That in this area in prehistory they spoke a language that was neither Celti of Germanic but an in between the two. They called this area the Nordwestblock and these people had been migrating into Britain for centuries before the Roman's and this theory has never been disproved.
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What language did ancient Britains speak ? It has long been known that people migrated over from Europe across Doggerland before we were seperated from the continent and continued to do so afterwards. But what language did these people speak ? Evidence gathered by Professor Daphne Nash Briggs shows that the Iceni tribe of Boudicca fame spoke a Germanic tongue. Also in the 1st century 55 BC when Caesar first came to Britain chasing the Belgae tribe he noticed that they were well established across southern Britain and that they also spoke a Germanic tongue. In fact, Hans Khun and Maurits Gysseling both independently proposed that an area in northwest Europe stretching out north from Belgium into the Netherlands and south into France. That in this area in prehistory they spoke a language that was neither Celtic or Germanic but a language in between the two. They called this area the Nordwestblock and these people had been migrating into Britain for centuries before the Roman's and this theory has never been disproved.
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@cymro6537 According to the research the Iceni spoke a germanic tongue and the name Boudicca was given to her long after her death.
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@cymro6537 What we call the Iceni never left any written evidence of the language that they spoke accept on their coins. Proffessor Daphne Nash-Briggs has made a detailed analysis of these coins and they don't say Iceni, they have various versions from ANTED to ECEN and she came to the conclusion that they dont make sense in Celtic, but they do in Germanic.
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@kubhlaikhan Well most people consider the Frank's were a germanic people as the came from beyond the Rhine in germania inferior. I agree that language and culture can change rather than people, just look at all the people around the world who speak English and wear western cloths but have never left their country.
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@Chris-mf1rm Yes, 55BC in the 1st century.
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@cymro6537 Read the research of Nash- Briggs she the expert and her very thorough research concluded its Germanic.
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@cymro6537 So you think you know more than a Proffessor who has actually studied the subject intensively? Also it would certainly explain the rapid cultural take over by the Anglosaxons because Germanic speakers were already here before the Roman's just as Caesar said I the 1st century BC.
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@kubhlaikhan Thanks, I'm glad you found it interesting, it seems germanic speakers were already here and that's why it changed so easily, unlike in Gaul when the germanic Frank's took over, yet there the language remained Latin based. Also I believe the name Boudicca was given to her later and comes from the Brythonic word boudi, which means "victory" or "win". The suffix -kā means having, so her name means having Victory. If you Google the names in my comment you will find the information.
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@kubhlaikhan Yes, I agree ! There is no evidence for the invasion theory. All the evidence points to a slow transition and development of what was already here.
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@michaelcave6581 Of course the Brythonic peoples left there influence here in Britain, and not just on the western coasts. Even the famous 'Anglo Saxon' house of Wessex, that the famous 'Saxon', King Alfred the Great was descended from, was actualy started by a long line of Celts starting with Cerdic. As did that other powerful 'Anglosaxon' dynasty of Mercia, where their King Penda also has a Brythonic name. So it seems that the history of Britain is far more complex than just an Anglosaxon conquest.
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