Re: Country names
From: | Pavel Iosad <edricson@...> |
Date: | Saturday, May 10, 2003, 11:46 |
Hello,
> > That's what I know at present. I still have no idea
> > whar Germany is called. I can't decide what tribal
> > name to use as a source Alemani, Teutoni, Vandali,
> > Miscellani. *g*
>
> FWIW, Wenedyk has "Tutonia", and the name of the (High)
> German language is
> "Tutonyk". Low German is called "Saszonyk".
Skuodian's good Slavic, so we have _Niemekii_ (the dumb (in the sense
'those who do not speak')) for 'Germans' AND 'Germany' (like Polish
_Wl/ochy_).
Pavel
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