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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by tharkun__ on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:37PM (#26950767)
I only knew it from Hungarian, which I guess is a slavic enough language to compare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9meth:

In Hungarian, német means "German" (the word has Slavic origin, literally meaning "he does not speak", since German is not a Slavic language)

Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by kingofpandora on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:34PM (#26951266)
Hungarian isn't Slavic.
Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by petre on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:30PM (#26951670)
The word is probably borrowed into Hungarian from Slavic. We have a similar word in our language as well, but it's used as someone who doesn't understand. Also used interchangeably with Turk.
Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by anticensor on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @03:38AM (#26953134)
Do you mean Barbar?
Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by petre on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @06:33AM (#26954163)
No, it's very similar to nemec, basically the same thing also borrowed from Slavic. The "c" ending is pronounced as "ts". The full phrase goes like: "Why don't you understand, are you German/Turk?" (as in not understanding the language). There's also a place, a citadel and river with that name, which your ancestors might have been familiar with:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Neam%C8%9B_Citadel

Barbar means what it means in Greek, because that's where it's borrowed from.