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I only knew it from Hungarian, which I guess is a slavic enough language to compare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9meth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C
by tharkun__ 6y ago
I only knew it from Hungarian, which I guess is a slavic enough language to compare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9meth 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)
- kingofpandora 6y agoHungarian isn't Slavic.
- petre 6y agoThe 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.
- anticensor 6y agoDo you mean Barbar?
- petre 6y agoNo, 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 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.