Timeline for Why does Germany's English name differ from its German name?
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| May 27, 2016 at 22:29 | comment | added | unor | Related question on History: Why are Germans referred to so differently in different languages? | |
| Jan 13, 2012 at 10:39 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Oct 26, 2011 at 4:05 | comment | added | user14214 | Tim Osterholm on his Table of Nations website brought forth an interesting theory that the word German originated long ago from the ancient Assyrian city of Kerman. The word Deutsh is also linked with Assyria. It seems that during the fall of Ninevah, this group of people migrated north to escape from the invading Babylonians (and Scythians too perhaps). Coming from a civilized area to the more primitive tribes of ancient Germany perhaps gave them an influence there out of proportion to their numbers. | |
| Jan 2, 2011 at 13:29 | vote | accept | C. Ross | ||
| Jan 2, 2011 at 3:28 | comment | added | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | @Noldorin: But it is not very common to call a neigbouring Western-European country by a name derived from an entirely different IE root. | |
| Jan 2, 2011 at 0:57 | history | edited | Kosmonaut | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jan 2, 2011 at 0:40 | comment | added | Noldorin | As a note, this is not at all a unique case with the name of Germany in English. French and German names for other countries often differ greatly from their native names. | |
| Jan 2, 2011 at 0:35 | answer | added | Rob Weir | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 1, 2011 at 21:13 | answer | added | Kosmonaut | timeline score: 39 | |
| Jan 1, 2011 at 21:12 | answer | added | RegDwigнt | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 1, 2011 at 21:08 | answer | added | Eric | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 1, 2011 at 20:27 | history | asked | C. Ross | CC BY-SA 2.5 |