On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 08:38:54PM -0500, Tom Parmenter wrote:
Of course, "German" is no more Deutsch (or Dietsch) than "Dutch" is. "Dutch" is at least cognate with what they call themselves in their own language, whereas "German" is is a Celtic name that has never been used by any of the many Teutonic peoples.
According to Tacitus, 2000 years ago they were calling themselves something cognate with "Germanii", which was the Roman word for them. How did German suddenly become a "Celtic" word? What research can you show to back up that assertion? How can I trust other information you add to Wikipedia articles if it has a similar amount of research behind it?
Jonathan