Old English, also known as Anglo-Saxon, developed from the tribes that inhabited the territories of what is now known as England and southern Scotland. These tribes, including the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, were Germanic peoples who migrated to the British Isles during the early to mid-5th century. As these tribes settled in the region, their languages, primarily West Germanic in origin, started to merge and evolve into what eventually became Old English. It was the dominant language of England from the 5th century until the Norman conquest in 1066, marking the beginning of Middle English.
Old English developed from the West Germanic dialects spoken by the tribes of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. These tribes originally lived in what is now modern-day Germany and Denmark.
