German ethonyms

[Jaakko Leino]

Some more, from the Fenno-Ugrian languages around the Baltic sea:

Finnish: 'saksa' (language), 'saksalainen' (ethnonyme), from the same
Germanic root as Saxon, either directly from a Germanic source (cf. e.g.
Old Frisian 'saxa') or via Old Scandinavian

Estonian: 'saksa keel' (language), 'saksalane' (ethnonyme), obviously
same as above

Sami (more accurately, Northern Sami): 'duiskkagiella' (language),
'duiskalaš' (i.e. roughly 'duiskalash', ethnonyme), from Scandinavian
(cf. 'duiska' ~ Swedish 'tyska')

In other words, names of tribes and loan words from Indo-European
neighbours here.

Best regards,

Jaakko Leino

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