Re: De Germaniis (was Re: Roumania...)

>"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?).

I heard a rumour once taht slavs generally referred to foreigners as 'those
who dont speak (slavic)'. Presumably this word is a derivative of taht -
Germany being teh only non-slavic neighbour to Poland.
</unsubstantiated rumour>

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