The Germanic and Latin cultures eventually eclipsed the Celtic culture in continental Europe by the early Iron Age, i.e. The Germanic peoples originated in southern Scandinavia and spread through migration throughout much of Europe. The Celtic culture completely extincted the aboriginal European culture in Britain.
They were 'Celticized' in the Bronze age as central European Celtic cultural influence spread beyond its original tribal homeland in what is today Germany, France, Czech republic, Austria, and so on. Archaeologically, these dwellers on the Atlantic coast of Europe are identified by their megalithic monuments and tombs. The original inhabitants of Britain and Ireland were not Celtic, but part of an ethno-tribal complex that extended from Iberia (Spain/Portugal) north to Denmark. Today, the descendants of the original Celts are primarily Germans and Slavs, while the insular Celts (the Irish, Highland Scots, Manx, etc.) are descendants of the non-genetically 'Celtic' peoples of the Atlantic coast. Though the people at least in the east of England were always culturally more related to Dutch and Germans than they were to the Celtic west. Most likely, it was only a small portion of powerful people who settled England who actually came from Germany. So essentially, with some exceptions, what we have seen are northwest and central European populations that originally spoke Celtic languages, and practiced Celtic cultures, gradually become Germanic-speaking and lost their Celtic essence to Germanic, and in France, Spain, etc, Romance culture.Īlso I should note the "Anglo-Saxon invasion" theory is largely discredited. If it weren't for romantic Celtic nationalism and revivalism, the entire British Isles would likely be English-speaking and culturally Germanic. Irish, Scottish, and Welsh people of course are still considered Celts, but just the fact that they speak English, coupled with their strong English influence, in my opinion makes them as much a Germanic people as a Celtic people. In the British Isles, you've seen a gradual process of the people switching from Celtic language to Germanic (English) language and culture over the past couple millennia. I mean after all, the first Celts lived in Austria, almost certainly, the direct descendants of the original practitioners of Celtic language and culture are German-speaking people today right? I know culturally and linguistically, Celts and Germans are two different things, however genetically speaking, isn't there a lot of overlap between the two?
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