Indo-European family
Middle English
1150 CE – 1500 CE Extinct
Middle English (1150 CE – 1500 CE) is an extinct Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Germanic → Proto-West-Germanic → Old English → Middle English.
See Middle English on the interactive map- ISO 639-3
- enm
The language of Chaucer. Heavy Norman French and Latin influence; loss of inflectional endings. Transitioned to Early Modern English around 1500.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Proto-West-Germanic200 CE – 700 CE
- Old English450 CE – 1150 CE
- Middle English1150 CE – 1500 CE