Shayn M.
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They don’t both have an Anglo-Saxon origin.
The Angles and Saxons both spoke closely related Low Germanic dialects that were on a close continuum with Friesian, whereas Modern Standard German is based on High German, spoken much further South.
Add the that a heavy Norse (North Germanic) influence on English followed by the massive impact of Norman French and it’s no wonder English is such a weirdo in the Germanic family of languages.
