Hello. VIKING The term viking was not recorded as being used until 1800–10 [from Old Norse vīkingr, probably from vīk creek, sea inlet + -ingr (see -ing3); perhaps related to Old English wīc camp]People began to reminisce about older times around this period. Norse [ancient Scandinavian] and English are both Germanic languages.[Germanic languages: German, Dutch, English, the Scandinavian languages, Afrikaans, Flemish, Frisian, and the extinct Gothic] Some words we think of as being German are of Celtic origin. example: rīk-‘king http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kroch/courses/lx310/ringe-handouts-09/celt-loans.pdf English started out as rune characters [Old Norse rūn a secret, writing, runic character]