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

From:Balazs Sudar <conlang@...>
Date:Sunday, May 12, 2002, 21:08
> > > de: Deutschland (/dOjtSland/; I know how to pronounce it, > > > just not sure how to represent the diphtong) > > > en: Germany > > > pt: Alemanha (Spanish, French and Italian have similar forms) > > Finnish "Saksa" (from Saxony/Sachsen, presumably). > Medieval Hebrew called it "Ashkenaz", but for whatever reason, unlike
Hi! In Hungarian it's called "Németország" |ne:mEtorsa:g| and german called "német". But what are the origins I can't guess...