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Re:The ancient Germanic history of Groundhog Day by mrangle on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @07:36PM (#39282984)
Referring to the German language as Dutch (as in PA Dutch) is closer to the German word for the German language. The word "German" is actually the Anglicisation as far as I know.
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Re:The ancient Germanic history of Groundhog Day by medstrom on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @07:46PM (#39283041)
Comes from Latin. "Germania" was their name for the general area.
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