How was the relationship between the mycenaeans and minoans during ancient greece?

Precarious. While the Mycenaeans and Minoans likely participated in trade of goods and possiblely culture, in the end the Mycenaeans took their militaristic advantage over the Minoans and conquered their island civilization.

The three steps before modern english were indo-european, germanic, and old english. as peoples moved around the eurasian continent, their languages changed. throughout the ages, the languages became more specialized. as english has many germanic influences, it is easy to see how this was one of the forebears. also, old english was one of the main ancestors of the modern language, spoken in the 5th through about the 13th centuries.