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conjunctions, auxiliaries, and, also words denoting everyday
objects and ideas.
Native words are subdivided by diachronic linguists into
those of the Indo-European core stock. And in English native
words also include those of Common Germanic origin, i.e. of
words having parallels in German, Norwegian, Dutch, Icelandic,
etc., but none in Russian, French, and Ukrainian.
The Indo-European element represents words of roots
common to all or most languages of the Indo-European group.
English words of this group denote the following groups:
1. Family relations: a mother, a brother, a step
brother.
2. Parts of human body: a foot, lips, a heart.
3. Animals: a cow, a goose, a snake.
4. Plants: a tree, a birch, a corn, a cherry.
5. Times of day: a day, an afternoon, a night.
6. Heavenly bodies: a sun, a star, a moon.
7. Numerous adjectives: new, yellow, sad, blade,
narrow.
8. The numerals from one to a hundred.
9. Some pronouns: you, he, they (Scandinavian
borrowing).
10. Numerous verbs: to be, to stand, to sit, to eat, to bring.
The Germanic element represents words of roots to all or
most Germanic languages. There are some following groups are:
1. Parts of human body: an arm, a bone, a hand.
2. Animals: a bear, a calf, a pork.
3. Plants: an oak, a grass.
4. Natural phenomena: a snow, a lightening, a frost.
5. Seasons of the year: a winter, a spring, a summer.
6. Landscape features: a sea, a land, a valley.
7. Human dwellings and furniture: a room, a flat, a
bench.
8. Transport: a ferry,a ship.

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