Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldbyGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.works2 monthsI felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany To add insult to injury, what they call it, Deutschland, sounds like what we should call Netherlands 22423987%283
LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz2 monthsSaksa in Finnish, no clue what the origin of that is. It doesn’t even mean anything that I know of. 9
chonomaiwokurae@sopuli.xyzEnglish2 monthsSachsen, germaaninen heimo/Saksin alue nykyisessä Saksassa. 6
rustydrd@sh.itjust.works2 monthsThe Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes/peoples. So similar in origin to “allemannia” (from the Alemanni tribes) and its variants in many other languages. 2
Saksa in Finnish, no clue what the origin of that is. It doesn’t even mean anything that I know of.
Sachsen, germaaninen heimo/Saksin alue nykyisessä Saksassa.
The Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes/peoples. So similar in origin to “allemannia” (from the Alemanni tribes) and its variants in many other languages.