The passage from “Old English” to modern-day English has been the focal point of linguists specializing in the English Language for many years now. What is really fascinating is the connection that students of 3rd class of Junior High School tried to establish between terms, fixed phrases, and lexis and so on as recorded over the years, thus playing the role of modern-day linguists analyzing the language to its constituent parts. Here is what they have come up with.
The Evolution of the English language by Artemis Tsouka - Maria Valenstain - Elisavet Zavra - Theano Papioti