Re: new Klingon spelling

Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> _German-_ meanng "relatives"? Do you have any more info on that?
Plain Latin: a better reading would be "the siblings".  It's possible that
the Latin word Germanus 'a German' has nothing to do with the ordinary
adj. germanus 'of a brother/sister, real, genuine', but surely that's the
null hypothesis.  We also have OIr gair 'neighbor', which would suggest
"neighbors [of the Celts]" as a reading.

> I've seen the meaning "spearmen" suggested.
Also possible:  Common Gmc *gair- 'spear'.

As for Saksaa, that's the country of the knifemen.

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