Phonological history of Scots
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This is a presentation of the phonological history of the Scots language.
Main article: History of the Scots language
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Scots has its origins in Old English (OE) via early Northern Middle English;[1] though loanwords from Old Norse[2] and Romance sources are common, especially from ecclesiastical and legal Latin, Anglo-Norman and Middle French borrowings.[3] Trade and immigration led to some borrowings from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch.[4] Some vocabulary has been borrowed from Scotland's other language, Scottish Gaelic.[5]