Tutonia (jara: Country names)
| From: | Jan van Steenbergen <ijzeren_jan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 12, 2003, 11:35 |
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--- BP Jonsson skrzypszy:
> >FWIW, Wenedyk has "Tutonia", and the name of the (High) German language is
> >"Tutonyk". Low German is called "Saszonyk".
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> Why not the reflex of _Germania_?
Basically, because I found it a bit too boring. I have been considering several
possibilities. Polish has "Niemcy", but since this is a Slavic word, I didn't
want to adopt it. Well, one the Veneds' closest early encounters with the
Germans was with the Teutonic knights, I reckoned "Tutoni" would be a good
solution.
Besides, I didn't like the possible outcome "Z^rzemania". ;)
The term "Germani" remains reserved for the total of all Germanic peoples...
> /BP Who needs to revise Slevanek soon...
Really? I am still interested in knowing all there is to know about Slevanek
(not Slevanjek, after all?)
Jan
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