How a country is called in a given language has complex, often historical causes[0], if not merely phonetic. In Europe alone, the names of other European countr

How a country is called in a given language has complex, often historical causes[0], if not merely phonetic. In Europe alone, the names of other European countries given by various European languages often departs from the name countries use themselves. Why you chose to assume the worst of someone and make a baseless accusation of racism, I don't know, but it isn't charitable, and frankly, the accusation sounds ridiculous. [0] One of my favorites. Consider that in Polish, Germany is called "Niemcy", which ultimately comes from the Protoslavic word for "foreigner", which itself comes from "mute one" ("niemy" in Polish). Compare this with "Słowianie" (Slavs) from "słowo" ("word"), thus those whose speech is intelligible to us, versus those whose speech isn't (compare this with the Greek etymology for "barbarian").