• 0 Posts
  • 1 Comment
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: June 19th, 2023

help-circle
  • bolditalicroman@lemmy.worldtoYUROP@lemm.eeSorry, Deutsch people
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    148
    ·
    3 months ago

    For anyone wondering, Deutschland, Duitsland and Tyskland all have the same latin root “theodiscus” that became “deutsch”. “Allemagne” derives from a germanic tribe, the “Alemanni” who lived in modern day Germany and bordered modern day france. Niemcy and Nemetorszag both stem from old slavic “nem” (or something similar) meaning “mute”. They called the Germanic tribes they interacted with mute because they couldn’t understand them. “Saksa” is derived from the German region “Saxony”.

    Please correct me in case i got something wrong.