I noticed how like Norwegian and English is. Like, for instance:

Rucksack - Ryggsekk
How dumb is Bush? - Hvor dum er bush?
District - Distrikt
Window - Vindu
Wine - Vin
Hi, Hello - Hei, hallo
Good day - God dag

I guess this has to do with the viking invasion of the UK?
My German isn not that well, but I guess there are some likeness there too?

There is a basic pattern in English.
(This is not all inclusive and completely true, but is a general trend)

Any words considered "upper" and more fancy English are based on French.

Frankly most French words fit here, but to give a few.
Independant = independent
Mysterieuse = mysterious
affaire = affair
objectif = objective
...

Any words considered "lower" and simpler English come from Germanic languages.

kalt = cold
küss = kiss
kann = can
sonne = sun
...and the all time classic

Compare this to Finnish and be surprised.
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I was going to say that English derives from the Germanic languages.

Latin plays a big part in languages too

one needs to study a truckload of languages FLUENTLY to get to a feel for understanding languages etc...