Re: Name of Countries

Eric Christopherson wrote:

> Carlos Thompson wrote:
> > Examples:
> > Country: Sverige /'sve:rije/ (Sweden)
> > Adjective: svensk /svensk/ (Swedish)
> > National: svensk | svenska (Suede)
> > Language: svenska /'svenska/ (Swedish)
> > Etimology:
> >   "Sverige" short for "Sveas Rike" meaning "Contry of the Suedes".
> >   "Sweden" I don't know, probably from Germanic plural for "Suedes".
> > Also found in German as "Schweden"
> > Ethnic groups:
> >   Svea (Suede)
> >   Go"te (Goth)
> >   Sami (Lapp in Lappish)
>
> The word for "Svea" in English is Swede. Suede is a kind of leather.
> Also, the part about Lapp was somewhat ambiguous. It looks like it
> means "Lapp" is the Sami name for themselves, but it's not.
Well, taking this and a correction from Kristian Jensen, it would be said:

Ethnic groups:
  Svea (Swede)
  Go"te (Goth)
  Sami (Sami or Lapp, Sami is the name they use for themselves)
  Skaaning (Scanians, Danas living in Southern Sweden)

Does anybody knows where the Germanic Tribes from Norland came form?  Were
they Swedes?

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Carlos Eugenio Thompson Pinzsn
  ITEC-Telecom, Colombia

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