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Dunno. A nice parallel fact is that the word for "Germans" in at least a few Slavic languages literally means "mutes" - the ones who don't speak. So you'd have
by rich_sasha 5mo ago
Dunno. A nice parallel fact is that the word for "Germans" in at least a few Slavic languages literally means "mutes" - the ones who don't speak.
So you'd have the Slavs - the people of word - and the Germans - the mutes.
- weezing 5mo agoExactly. In Polish "Niemcy" (Germans) comes straight from the mutes due to language barrier.