For anyone wondering, Deutschland, Duitsland and Tyskland all have the same latin root "theodiscus" that became "deutsch". "Allemagne" derives from a germanic tribe, the "Alemanni" who lived in modern day Germany and bordered modern day france. Niemcy and Nemetorszag both stem from old slavic "nem" (or something similar) meaning "mute". They called the Germanic tribes they interacted with mute because they couldn't understand them. "Saksa" is derived from the German region "Saxony".

Please correct me in case i got something wrong.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 11 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

I'm guessing saksa is more like the others and based on the Saxon people that once lived there rather than the modern region named for the same

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

They‘re still living there.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

i didn't mean to imply they weren't, just that the name was derived from the people not the region.

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago

And I made a silly joke. 🙂

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