De Germaniis (was Re: Roumania...)
| From: | Tom Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 13, 1999, 0:08 |
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"P. M. ARKTAYG" wrote:
> but 'German'
> Old & Mod.Rom. neamt, (noun) - nemt,esc (adj.)
> Latin germanus (noun + adj.)
> Polish Niemiec (noun) - niemiecki (adj.)
So... did *anyone* take up the name of the Teutones as the name,
besides the Germans themselves? It seems almost everyone else
adopted the name from the Germani or the Alemanni (and where does
this <neamt,> come from?).
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