Patrick Foote was born in London but has since moved to Plymouth in the southwest of England. Patrick always enjoyed learning and has always had a particular interest in language and linguistics. This all resulted in the creation of his popular YouTube channel Name Explain, which started life focusing on uncovering the origins of names but now covers anything and everything language. Name Explain has been a huge success, becoming one of the most popular etymology and language channels on YouTube. When not making YouTube videos or wiring books he enjoys reading, playing board/video games, watching pro wrestling, walking, and wild swimming.

Introduction

Part 1: Early Migrations

• The Indo-European Language Family
  
  • The Germanic Branch: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic, Afrikaans
  • The Romance Branch: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian
  • The Balto-Slavic Branch: Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Latvian, Lithuanian
  • The Celtic Branch: Welsh, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Bretton
  • The Indo-Iranian Branch: Hindi, Persian, Sanskrit, Bengali
• The Uralic Language Family
  
  • The Ugric Branch: Hungarian
  • The Baltic-Finnic Branch: Finnish, Estonian
  • The Sami Branch: Northern Sami, Southern Sami, Ter Sami
• The Turkic Language Family
  
  • The Oghuz Branch: Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani
  • The Karluk Branch: Uzbek
  • The Kipchak Branch: Kazakh

  Part 2: The Age of Colonisation

  • The Atlantic-Congo Language Family
    
    • The Bantu Branch: Swahili, Zulu, Kirundi
    • The Volta-Niger Branch: Yoruba, Igbo
    • The Savannas Branch: Miyobe, Gur, Kulango
  • The Afroasiatic Language Family
    
    • The Semitic Branch: Arabic, Hebrew, Maltese
    • The Berber Branch: Tuareg, Tashlhiyt, Shawiya, Kabyle
    • The Cushitic Branch: Somali, Oromo, Beja
    • The Egyptian Branch: Old Egyptian, Middle Egyptian, Coptic
  • The Sino-Tibetan Language Family
    
    • The Sinitic Branch: Mandarin, Jin/Cantonese, Wu, Yue
    • The Tibetic Branch: Standard Tibetan, Khams Tibetan, Amdolese
    • The Burmish Branch: Burmese, Achang, Zaiwa
  • The Japonic Language Family
    
    • The Japanese Branch: Japanese
    • The Ryukyuan Branch: Okinawan, Miyako, Kikai

    Part 3: New Imperialism and Beyond

    • The Koreanic Language Family
      
      • The Korean Branch: Korean
      • The Jeju Branch: Jeju
    • The Algic Language Family
      
      • The Algonquian Branch: Cree, Ojibwa, Arapaho, Cheyenne
      • The Yurok Branch: Yurok
      • The Wiyot Branch: Wiyot
    • The Iroquoian Language Family
      
      • The Northern Iroquoian Branch: Mohawk, Seneca, Huronian
      • The Southern Iroquoian Branch: Cherokee
    • The Uto-Aztecan Language Family
      
      • The Nahuan Branch: Nahuatl, Pipil
      • The Numic Branch: Comanche, Timbisha, Shoshoni
      • The Piman Branch: O’odham, Tepecano
    • The Arawak Language Family
      
      • The Northern Branch: Taíno, Garifuna, Arawak, Piapoco
      • The Southern Branch: Ashaninca, Machiguenga, Iñapari
    • The Quechuan Language Family
      
      • The Quechuan I Branch: Ancash, Huánuco, Yaru
      • The Quechuan II Branch: Cuzco, Cajamarca-Cañaris, Kichwa
    • The Austroasiatic Language Family
      
      • The Vietic Branch: Vietnamese, Arem, Phong
      • The Khmer Branch: Khmer
      • The Munda Branch: Santali, Mundari, Ho
    • The Austronesian Language Family
      
      • The Malayo-Polynesian Branch: Māori, Tongan, Hawaiian, Fijian, Malagasy
      • The Philippine Branch: Tagalog/Filipino
      • The Malayic Branch: Malay, Indonesian
    • The Pama-Nyungan Language Family
      
      • The Paman Branch: Umpila, Koko-Bera
      • The Nyungan Branch: Noongar, Galaagu