Re: Codename "de" (was Re: Country names in national languages)

John Cowan wrote:
>
>Walter Tsuyoshi Sano scripsit:
>
> > I wonder why 'Germany' has so many different names:
>
>In the Slavic languages, the name for a German is (variants on)
>"nemets", meaning a dumb (unspeaking) person.  "Deutsch", "tysk"
>and Italian "tedesco" are all from the Germanic word meaning
>"natives, locals, ordinary people" (as distinct from Romans).
>"German" is from Latin, of obscure origin.  "Alleman" (all men,
>or all the men) was the name of a tribal coalition in late
>Roman times.  I think that covers it.
'Xcept from the Finnish Saksa, from Sachsisch/Saxon, as others have already
said. There's also the real old Scandinavian designation _Saxland_, of
obvious derivation.

                                                     Andreas

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