The Germanic Tribes Who Named The World

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[@NameExplain]

Suggest a topic for next Monday's video!

[@Illumisepoolist]

Tree names, and Papa in other languages.

[@davea6314]

All of the nicknames for evil Don the Con Trump, the worst president in our country's history. -Dave the Yank

[@TheKlabim]

Medical instruments

[@NBK1122]

Playing cards

[@NBK1122]

Playing cards

[@balaam_7087]

Love to see this covered. People hear ‘Germanic’ and think ‘Germany’, and it ends there for them. Many ppl don’t realize just how much influence the Germanic tribes had, how encompassing aspects of the culture were. Elements are present in Celtic, Gaelic, Basque, Armenian and a number of other cultures.

[@2adamast]

Meanwhile the thumbnail has a German flag. They could circle Deutshland and put a Dutch flag.

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

They're also basically responsible for most of European history (post rome).

[@stratospheric37]

What Germanic elements are present in Armenian and Basque? Can you elaborate?

[@angelina6543]

Germanic is not the same as German

[@Argacyan]

@@stratospheric37 I'm not the other guy, but from a geography perspective I could at least name that the Basque area had contact with every Germanic state that would establish itself in Iberia (Suebians, Visigoths and Vandals) with the Suebians passing through ahead of establishing Galicia. Armenia and the broader Caucasus region had an influx of German & Germanic migrants in the 17th century onwards with several towns being funded by so-called Kaukasus-Germans such as Katharinenfeld and Elisabetthal. Over 45'000 people of that ethnic category were cleansed from the area under Stalin, with about 2'000 people remaining around today.

[@hcn6708]

Lots of places in England are named after the Saxons Essex, Wessex, Sussex, and Middlesex

[@publicminx]

yep, Essex = East Saxony / Wessex = West Saxony / Sussex = South Saxony / Middlesex = Middle Saxony ...

[@TheWizardDudeguy]

And sex = Saxony (Jk)

[@MrAssChapman]

And from them counties in New Jersey.

[@marwaattar9846]

It is said that there was a "Nosex" as well, but the people there went extinct for some reason!

[@hcn6708]

@@marwaattar9846 Darn Mercia (probably)

[@arthur_p_dent]

Since you mentioned the Vandals, the region in what is now Spain that they invaded used to be called Vandalusia; now Andalusia. In fact, the Spanish language basically started as Vulgar Latin with a Gothic accent.

[@letitiajeavons6333]

In fact the Arabs called Southern Spain Al Andalus land of the Vandals. I guess the v got dropped.

[@Brennende_Rose]

Who need V anyways? 🍷👳🐫. Not trying to be racist here, just humorous, if... That's the right word lol

[@marcc375]

The name of Russia also comes from a Germanic word that meant "to row" and denoted a group of people who migrated from Sweden to Russia and eventually became the Rus' people. In Finnish Sweden is still called Ruotsi for example.

[@Selene_the_Wolf]

In Estonian 🇸🇪 is Rootsi

[@user-yq2mn3dx4b]

But this wasn't the name of a specific Germanic TRIBE. It was merely a word to denote a swede that was living on the coast.

[@masonharvath-gerrans832]

It’s one of the theories. Russia (Росія) itself comes from the Greek name of Rus (Ukraine and Belarus), Rhosia. Rus itself may be Scandinavian, possibly from “those who row” or Roslagen. Another origin may be from the location in Ukraine known as Рось, which in Old Rusian became «Роусь», and later «Русь». So with all this in mind, one may need to consider not being so absolute about something as mystified by unclear facts and legends as the name of Rus and the Muscovites’ invented country which stole the history of Rus.

[@alphalijahsworld9010]

Don’t let Putin read about this 😅 He may decide to assimilate Sweden into Russia

[@universalflamethrower6342]

You meen Swedistan

[@SgtLenor]

Let's not forget how Germany also has the Allemanni tribes which is where the romance language got their name of Germany from, as well as the saxons also being used for England in the Celtic languages and for all of Germany in Finland

[@martinhughes2549]

Germany is Almaen in Welsh, but England is Lloegr in Welsh. The English are Saeson however, and the language is Saesneg.

[@KristopherBel]

The comments section of these videos are always good, thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@SgtLenor]

@@KristopherBel actually, it's in one of Name Explained's previous videos about Germany's and England's exonyms if I'm correct

[@mastertrams]

Ah, so that's where Allemagne comes from... So where does Deustchland come from? Did that come from one of the ancient tribes?

[@sethmadlad5573]

@@mastertrams deutchland comes from the germanic word. duits or english duch, or german deutcsh. witch means "people"

[@VGurrasKpist]

In Sweden we have Östergötland and Västergötland that is named after the geats. We also technically have svealand being named after the swear that later became modern swedes. It's said that the Swedish national symbol of the three crowns comes from when the svear and two tribes of geats unified under one king

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

... and of course the city of Göteborg !

[@colonelblastpack169]

I always liked the word "Jutland" because the peninsula literally "juts" out into the sea

[@cyka6blat989]

Yea but it’s most likely more accurately pronounced as “yutland” instead of “Jutland ”

[@devilrecordz6295]

@@cyka6blat989 I'm not sure how it was originally pronounced but in modern Danish it's spelled "Jylland" and prounced as "Yyllan", and in modern German it's spelled "Jütland" and pronounced as "Yytland"

[@Brennende_Rose]

Yeah, pretty sure it's pronounced as Y, cuz the letter J comes From I and was invented to differenciate between the vowel i/e, and the consonant j/y, like with u and v. English is just.... Weird, and definetly not normal on how it pronounces the vowels and j lol, to be fair, French isn't any better in terms of j tho

[@cyka6blat989]

@@Brennende_Rose do tell more

[@martinhg98]

No t in the danich name yuland

[@FoggyD]

The black-red-gold design used in the background for a lot of this video wasn't introduced as a flag until the 19th century, and wasn't adopted as the German national colours until the mid-20th century, so they weren't associated with these old tribes at all.

[@keit99]

The Weimar Republik used them (until Hitler came along)

[@FoggyD]

@@keit99 *Weimar Republic or Weimarer Republik It's my understanding that it was disputed whether to use black-red-gold or the old Prussian black-white-red design during that period - and that a government even collapsed over the issue.

[@bananenmusli2769]

@@FoggyD black-red-gold was used at the Hambacher Fest and the 1848 Revolution, so it's much older than black-white-red, which is just a hybrid of the Prussian and the Hanseatic flag and was only adopted in 1866 with the creation of the North German confederation.

[@positroll7870]

Goes back way further. Black, red and gold were the colors of the imperial banners of the HRE for hundreds of years. Usually expressed as a black eagle with red talons, on golden background...

[@keit99]

@@FoggyD my autocorrection decided to correct republic into Republik.

[@Ionut_Tudose]

In Romania we have two cities (Piatra Neamț, Târgu-Neamț) and Neamț county, where ”Neamț” literally means „German”.

[@torvidbente7889]

Wasn’t some part settled by the Germans (Siebenbürger Sachsen) until ww2? Does it come from them?

[@Brennende_Rose]

That Neamt sounds similar to the Slavic version Němce, which I think means "the ones, who don't/cant talk", cuz they weren't able to understand them

[@juke9674]

Note that the reason so many regions in germany are called Saxony ISNT that the saxon tribes lived there. Initially, Saxony was in the area of the former saxon kingdom conquered by charlemagne. But during the HRE, feudalism did a feudalism and the lands of the dukes shifted, whivh is why a completely different region in the east is called saxony now

[@dmac7128]

Here's one, Andalusia, the southernmost region in Spain. It's origin is indirectly from the Vandals. It was passed down through Arabic to its present form.

[@johnhiggins6602]

It's been speculated that the name of the Jutes comes from a Germanic word referring to braids, though (if that's even true) there's no way to tell whether it refers to hairstyles or rope. Even if it's wrong, I'm rather taken with the idea that the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes are basically "the Fishhook Tribe, the Knife Tribe, and the Rope Tribe."

[@yaroslavpanych2067]

"Lombard" in my language we use this specific term as "pawn shop" . On its own it got name from that Lombardia city, not sure if there any connection

[@texadian3392]

Belgium after the Belgae tribe; Swabia, Bavaria, and Thuringia after the Suebi, Bavarii, and Thuringii tribes, plus a whole host of local place names in Portugal and Galicia from when the Kingdom of the Suebi existed there; Essex, Wessex, Sussex, and Middlesex all come from the the same root word as the name Saxon (seax in Old English and sachs in Old High German to describe the knife you referenced) just to name a very few. Great video!

[@nekhumonta]

It's not known whether the Belgae were germanic though.

[@publicminx]

@@nekhumonta yep, might be of Celtic origin. But also the Proto-Celts originated from the region of Southern Germany/Austria (Hallstatt). Hallstatt is not only a magical tourist spot due to its fairytale appearance but also due to having the oldest salt mine in the world (hall = salt, statt = Staette/Place) - over 7000 years old. You have also in Germany for instance the Celtic Heuneburg (archaeological and reconstruction side) which was already referred from the ancient Greeks - and part of a trading spot with them (which is why you found there also all kind of ancient Greek items, coins etc.) ....

[@anxofernandez3344]

I think the Belgi were a Celtic tribe.

[@publicminx]

@@anxofernandez3344 yep ...

[@baystated]

I live in Middlesex County in Massachusetts USA. I'd say that is pretty far removed from the Saxony Germanic homelands.

[@publicminx]

yep, Middlesex = Middle Saxony (or in German: Mittelsachsen)

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

maybe the old saxons were good swimmers ?

[@mkooij]

(North, East, West) Frisia from the Frisii (or frisians) Batavia (the old name of Jakarta in Indonesia) from the Batavi

[@brianedwards7142]

In South Australia we have Hahndorf. "The town was settled by Lutheran migrants largely from in and around a small village then named Kay in Prussia and now known as Kije, Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland. Many of the settlers arrived aboard the Zebra on 28 December 1838. The town is named after Dirk Meinerts Hahn, the German captain of the Zebra. It is Australia's oldest surviving German settlement." Wikipedia

[@Brennende_Rose]

There's a place near me (I live in Germany, though, I'd prefer either Dutchland, or Teutonia) literally called Handorf lol

[@HalfEye79]

The Franks still exist in Germany in the north of Bavaria. In Germany is a second city named Frankfurt. Besides "Frankfurt am Main" there is the city of "Frankfurt an der Oder". So the cities were one at the Main-river and the other at the Oder-river. The Saxons are named after the sax, the weapon of choice for them. It is kind of a knife or a short sword.

[@Pippis78]

In Finnish scissors are called "sakset". Scissors are basically two knives combined. But it amuses me to think their weapon of choice were scissors!

[@candyneige6609]

Actually, the Franks still exist in France, we, the French, even are the descendants of them, so in a way, we're still Franks.

[@DiamandaHagan]

There's a book about Gothicness that covers the ancient goths, the architecture, the literature and the subculture. I think its just called Gothic.

[@curtisyeomans1333]

Love your Videos.... You left out the Scandinavian counties , that also speak Germanic based languages!! Keep up the Great Work!

[@mario97br]

Dutch and Deutsch are both derived from teutons, a general name for the Germanic people. Netherlands is Niederlande and means lowerlands, relating to its location relative to the mountain regions of southern Germany and being notorious for being so low, that they regularly drown in storms. In general, if south Germans go northwards they oftentimes say they go „down“. Bavaria itself for example is divided in Lowerfranken and Upperfranken. Lowerfranken is in the north, Upper in the south. Furt from Frankfurt means a calm place in a river that can be passed, so both Frankfurts are at a river, which is used to distinguish them. Normandie means north men land. Burgundy is an old tribe. Allemagne is a military order call for all men to come. The word Britain/Bretagne (little britain) is either an old-frisic term, so Germanic or Celtic and not Latin based as one could think. The Jewish region in eastern Russia has the name „Jidische ojtonome gegnt“. The interesting word here is gegnt which in modern German is Gegend or region in English. Rumania is the retirementplace for Roman soldiers who were not high rank enough to get lands in Italy or France.

[@th60of]

Dutch/Deutsch has, in fact, nothing to do with the Teutons (even though 19th-century romantic nationalism sometimes used that popular etymology). Dutch/Deutsch comes from "theod" (other variants exist), meaning "people", and originally referred to the language only, and then came to distinguish those parts of the Frankish empire where "the language of the people", i. e. a Germanic dialect, was spoken from the regions where folks spoke "Latin", i. e. Old French.

[@mario97br]

@@th60of So the way I got it, is the original ancient Teutons were a Germanic tribe, the Roman’s then called all Germanic tribes teutons which they themselves took over, by this turning the word into its new version of „Theod = Germanic people“ which was associated with the Germanic languages. The Dutch were, simplified, just historically „Teutons => theods = general germanics“ that were due to their trade rich enough to stay out of the German empires and so developed their own state. And seemingly used it to differentiate between the parts who spoke Germanic and the ones who spoke Latin. Its similar to the naming of the American states I guess. A lot of them got their names due to „laziness“ of the tribes to correct the europeans and they thought „close enough“ to work with and then turned the new „normal“. I think similar mechanisms could have worked between the Romans and Germans.

[@DeusExHonda]

The Germans still call France by the old name. They call it Der Frankreich (the Frank Empire).

[@CopperWireEater72]

Frankreich isnt frank empire, reich translates to something more like realm

[@arthur_p_dent]

And of course within Germany there is the region called Frankonia.

[@torvidbente7889]

Frankia is more translated to Frankenreich and not Frankreich

[@pflynx]

It's "das Reich," so it would be neuter and not masculine. But even then, "Frankreich," since it is a name, has no article.

[@kkyrezis]

Fun fact. Greece calls it by its OLD name, Gallia (Γαλλία)

[@RandomHuman91]

I love this subject, it’s one of my favourites to listen to!

[@sabkobds]

French name for Germany - Allemagne - is from Germanic tribe that lived nearest to France: Alemanni - Switzerland and South-West Germany (German dialects spoken there are today called Alemannic). Frankia was all over Western and Central Europe - from France to western Poland and Czechia. France is most western part of it after split. Eastern part later became what history knows as HRE. Middle part was "eaten" by two of them.

[@christopheklinger3217]

The middle part: Lotharingia, named after one the sons of Charlemagne, Lothar. Lorraine in France is a part of Lotharingia. For recall , after he died, Carolus’s Magnus Empire, was divided between his three sons (Frankish custom).

[@urseliusurgel4365]

Also the Frisii, naming Frisia in the Netherlands and Germany, the Thuringii naming Thuringia (Thüringen), a German state, and possibly the Vandals giving rise to [V]Andalusia in Spain.

[@SJking-gk4go]

Never knew the word vandal came from a tribe called Vandals. 😊

[@emmalewis5075]

and Andalusia is named after the Vandals

[@davidroddini1512]

Yeah, vandalism goes back a ways. 😉

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Patrick, you forgot to mention the two historical provinces of Sweden also named for the Goths, Östergötland (East Gothland) & Västergötland (West Gothland). And I used to belong to an Italian social club. Most of the members were Sicilian, but we had a member from Lombardy. His nickname was 'the German'.

[@candyneige6609]

Fun fact : We, the French, are actually Germanic, we've always thought that our ancestors were the Gauls, which was popularized by the Astérix & Obélix comics, however after DNA analyses in recent times, and also the fact that we've just begin to notice the blatant name origin hint that we've been ignoring for centuries, we've realized that our ancestors weren't in fact the Gauls, but were instead the Franks, who were a Germanic tribe, meaning that, not only the Germans themselves, but also the English and the Dutch are our "cousins germains" as we call it.

[@alpha791]

N'importe quoi.

[@candyneige6609]

@@alpha791 De quoi de tu parles ?

[@fermintenava5911]

Well, it's not like Celtic tribes never lived on German ground... let's not forget the German tribes got named by Caesar in HIS time. Interbreeding was always an option.

[@fastertove]

Germanic*@@fermintenava5911

[@marcgauthier6894]

Julius Caesar’s invasion is estimated to have killed up to 5 million Gauls. It’s not that the French aren’t descended from Gauls, it’s that those Celtic genes have been greatly thinned out by Romans, Germanic tribes and partially the Normans (my DNA shows as part Dane because of that.

[@danielhess39]

Great video 👍🏼

[@ReaperGr448]

You forgot the franconians, also named after the franks, consisting of the upper part of bavaria and surrounding parts

[@torvidbente7889]

Bavaria as well, coming from the tribe of the Bajuwaren and they Stack to the name ever since

[@asshole9191]

Or Swabia coming from the swabians

[@publicminx]

and Frankenstein which btw. is also a Castle (where a real Frankenstein dynasty lived + an alchemist searching for the elixir of life - which inspired Mary Shelby who traveled through this region in Hessen/Germany and got inspired form that for her famous novel 'Frankenstein') ...

[@NamelessMF1658]

Burgundians are named after their home island of Borgundaholma or Bornholm in modern danish Are bunch More places you missed out in but good video Anyhow

[@eldinsmajlovic1554]

Saxon reach Bosnia in middle ages and still there is a village in Eastern Bosnia (area of Srebrenica) called Sase, old Bosnian word for Saxons (Sasi)

[@tomasmondragon883]

French is what happened when Germans tried to speak Latin 😆. Anyhow, the region of Andalusia in Spain is named after the Vandals by way of Arabic, if I remember right. It was because the Iberian peninsula was "the place where the Vandals came from" after they finished looting Europe and started looting North Africa.

[@tomasmondragon883]

Oops, nope, the Vandals conquered North Africa after being chased out of the Iberian peninsula (after being chased out of eastern and central Europe) and *then* they raided Rome. Sheesh, no one wanted them around. A child that is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth and so on and so forth.

[@publicminx]

@@tomasmondragon883 no. they were not chased out of Spain. they on the opposite dominated there after they arrived (and among other Germanic tribes) and created a 'planned' invasion of North Africa - which is why they took their time to create a fleet and add knowledge (wasnt that easy at that time to do that) ...

[@Tsass0]

Wessex, Middelsex and Essex, that is West Saxons, Middle Saxons and East Saxons. I think you know of these areas.

[@positroll7870]

The 'special' weapon of the Francs was the Francisca, a throwing hatchet that had a s-curved wooden shaft so it would bounce upwards at weird angles once it hit the ground. Good to create disorder in enemy formations + holes in shieldwalls.

[@hermione3muller674]

Yet more suggestions: what about names of tools, eg a Hoover, has hammer anything to do with ham, has scissors anything to do with schism and why plural for one tool, is needle related to need etc

[@ZlejChleba]

one obvious example is Andalusia, coming from the tribe of the Vandals who had a kingdom there before moving to North Africa.

[@bokoe7469]

Some more topographical names derived from Germanic tribes: Friesland (NL), Westfriesland (NL), Ostfriesland (DE) -> Frisii Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Middlesex (all GB) -> Saxons Göteborg, Götaland (both SE) -> Geats

[@richardcuddy6166]

The Franks were probably named after their dreaded throwing axe, the francesca. Heavy and sharp with a short handle, it would wobble wildly as it came at you making it difficult to dodge.

[@Pippis78]

Fun fact: Germany and their language is called Saksa in Finland. Fun fact 2: While the name of the "Rus" vikings is the basisti for modern day Russia - in Finnish Russia is called Venäjä and *Sweden* is called Ruotsi. The Rus people came from Sweden from our perspective. A derogative term for Russians is based on "Rus" though I believe. Fun fact 3: Scissors are called "sax" and "sakset" in Scandinavian languages. Scissors basically are a pair of knives.

[@adpirtle]

You could do a whole video about all the parts of England named after the Anglo Saxons.

[@BradleyOsborn]

Wessex, Essex, Sussex, Andalusia…

[@DaRealKakarroto]

*"I tought the Saxons how to angle, since then they are called 'the Anglo-Saxons'!"* - _King Arthur, probably, circa 932 AD_

[@davea6314]

I graduated from the University of Idaho where the football team is called the Vandals, the school mascot is Joe Vandal. University of Idaho students are sometimes referred to as Vandals. Lol

[@bananenmusli2769]

The northern part of Bavaria where I live is called Franconia (most famous city: Nuremberg), in the State of Hesse they speak a dialect called Rhine Franconian, in Rhineland-Palatinate, the Saarland and Luxembourg their dialects are called Moselle Franconian and there quite a few more dialects named after the Franks.

[@kandipiatkowski8589]

Who is the funko pop lady next to your play button? Could you do a tour of your lego figures too? I recognize the Hobbit, but it would be cool to learn about all of them. Obviously, you built all of them, which is cool, but hearing you explain them would be very helpful. Thanks in advance.

[@mattisvov]

Related trivia: In Swedish, "Gute" (alternative spelling of Goth), refer to a male person from Gotland. A bit archaic, maybe, I haven't heard it used in daily talk all that much.

[@UnintentionalSubmarine]

Denmark itself is named after the Danes, and literally means The Danish March, or the Danish frontier, telling us that the Danes originated somewhere in southern Sweden (assumed by some to be inland of Halland). Initially Denmark was just the isles and the Jutes resisted further expansion, but eventually the two entities finally combined, possibly through marriage, with the marriage of Gorm the Old and Tyra Danepryd (Tyra Pride of the Danes). Personally I think the process started much earlier, and that marrige was just the last vestige of separate action.

[@tessjuel]

Long rant about Goths and Geats and Jutes. Gotland is named after the Geats (aka Gautar), a Germanic tribe that mainly lived along the sourthern coast of Sweden. According to historic sources, the Goths were originally a fisherman tribe who lived north of the Vandals, along the northern coast of continental Europe (in modern day Poland) and the Goths and Geats are traditionally believed to be separate tribes. However, given that they lived so closed to each other, only separated by a fairly narrow stretch of sea it is not at all unlikely they were indeed the same tribe. There is also a theory that Jute is also just a name variant of Geat/Goth but if so, they must have split off fairly early since the Geats and Jutes are mentioned as separate tribes as early as the 10th century. --- I have some slightly embarrasing family history related to Jutland. The house of Juel is named after Jutland but as far as we know, they were not Jutes but among the Danes who moved in from Zealand and occupied the land. So Im afraid I'm named after the people my ancestors conquered and subdued. But oh well, there's been a lot of water under the bridge since then so hopefully all is forgiven by now.

[@JL-ti3us]

The Saxons did not initially live in the Land beyond the Elbe, at least not in post roman times. The Old Stem Duchy of Saxony was exclusively east of the Elbe in North Germany.

[@TheGammelfjols]

we still identify as Judy and will always do so. when we come from Jutland it is definitely an identity in Denmark. and there are great cultural and linguistic differences between people from Jutland and Zealand

[@carlosfrancisco1003]

Besides Andalusia for the Vandals, Spain also has Catalonia for the Goths. From Goth Laund, or possibly Goth Alania, remembering also the Iranic Alans.

[@levyman566]

Well, Essex Sussex, and the like are all named after the saxons, and the prefixes are geographical markers for the specific regions of the lands the saxons inhabited in Britain.

[@asu53703]

Also Burgundy, named after the Burgundians. Originally coming from Burgundaholm - now called Bornholm. And Rugen in Germany, named after the Rugians, originating from Rogaland / Ryfylke in Norway (means Rye-eaters)

[@rovanderby759]

In the Netherlands there's Friesland, named after the Frisii, Twente after the Tubanti and the Betuwe named after the Batavians

[@hermione3muller674]

Yet another suggestion: explain the names of the function keys and modifying keys on key boards, why is it alt or option , why control, why command etc etc, i keep getting them mixed up and find them hard to understand, where do those names come from?

[@xamiax2282]

The saxons are people with Sax knives. The dominant weapon at the time. A sort of long knive

[@anxofernandez3344]

More examples: Essex, Sussex, Wessex and Middlesex in England, related to the Saxons. Catalonia and Andalusia In Spain. Catalonia I believe comes from Goth Land, because the Goths settled in the Roman province of Tarraconensis and the south of Gaul. Andalusia comes from the Arab Al-Andalus, which is the Land of the Vandals, another Germanic tribe from which we have the word vandalism, maybe they were especially ruthless. Then in Germany there's Bavaria, for the tribe with that name, and Swabia, named after the Suevi, another tribe that may have come from there but that settled in the west of the Iberian peninsula Normandy in France is named after the Norsemen, the Vikings.

[@hollish196]

spice names that vary from language to language could be a nice video.

[@martinan22]

Southern Sweden, excluding Scania, are also named after the Goths. Östergötland and Västergötland.

[@wolfstettler3183]

The name of Germany in French (l'Allemagne, after the Allemani) and the German language in Italian (Tedesco, after the Teutons).

[@brianedwards7142]

Asterix and The Goths has some of the best gags of all.

[@hermione3muller674]

Suggestion: explain the names of the coconut varieties

[@WKogut]

Normandy in France is also Germanic-rooted as Normans who conquered that land and named it after themselves were Vikings who later assimilated into the French people

[@smal750]

they didnt conquer it

[@itequipment8251]

There is also a Frankfurt an der Oder and a Frankenstein Castle.

[@Matt-cz6ti]

Anywhere in England ending in -sex (stop laughing at the back), like Essex, Sussex, Wessex, and Middlesex, is named for the Saxons. Respectively those are East Saxons, South Saxons, West Saxons, and Middle Saxons The German region of Franconia is named for the Franks Russia is named after the Rus, who were a Swedish tribe that migrated east in the early Middle Ages. By extension, so is Belarus, which comes from a word meaning "White Russia" Götaland in Sweden is named for the Geats, who may or may not have been an offshoot of the Goths who stayed in Sweden while their cousins migrated south. There's also Västergötland, which means "West Geatland" Denmark is of course named for the Danes

[@Pinworm]

I would love to see animal/insect names get the Name Explain treatment. It could be a series since there are so many.

[@rubenlarochelle1881]

Fun fact: the Lombards (from which we named Lombardia/Lombardy), a.k.a. Longobards (Longobardi in today's Italian), although being commonly associated with Northern Italy, arrived at a certain point to conquest and rule pretty much all of Italy, so much so that when the Byzantines took some territories in the South they call the new province after the Longobards, implying that was considered the local culture at the time. This means that Italy wasn't very far off from being renamed Lombardy in its entirety, adding one more whole nation to be named after a Germanic tribe.

[@esti-od1mz]

The surname Lombardo is the 4th most common sicilian surname

[@rubenlarochelle1881]

​@@esti-od1mz An historical event that comes to my mind dates back to Frederick II, who was emperor in the XIII century: for political reasons he "relocated" (I don't know in which measure forcefully and in what measure willingly) the muslim population of Sicily to Apulia and repopulated Sicily with people from today's Piedmont, back then still considered part of the "Lombardy" toponym. So I guess it would have been very common in Sicily to call people something like: - Mario who? The son of Calogero? - No, Mario the Lombard, they moved here a few years ago. Which would explain how the surname Lombardo spread so much in Sicily. But, again: this event dates back to the XIII century, I don't know how much the two things can be related, it could also be a coincidence.

[@publicminx]

Northern Italy has anyway a strong mixture culture of Latin/Roman and Germanic, not just due to the Langobards but also before that due to East Gothic tribes/dynasties like under Theoderich. There is also still a Mausoleum of him in Ravenna with an extraordinary construction: "(...) On the top of the mausoleum lies a large monolithic dome of remarkable dimensions, with no equals in all the antique and modern architectural heritage (10.76 m in diameter and 3.09 m in height), crowned by twelve curved handles with the names of eight Apostles and four Eavngelists. According to recent calculations, it weighs about 290 tons and, still today, scholars have advanced a number of hypotheses concerning the transport of the monolith and the technique employed for its placement. Someone believes that the handles were specifically built for the monolith’s transportation and positioning, and that it must have been a quite difficult task, as suggested by the big crack on the dome. According to a legend, a divine lighting split open the mausoleum’s dome, and, hitting Theodoric who was sitting inside, killed him as punishment for his crimes.(...)". And Northern Italy was later part of the Germanic Frankish Empire and later the Holy Roman Empire - as kind of more or less autonomous region ...

[@esti-od1mz]

@@rubenlarochelle1881yep, that is exactly how it went.

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

Lombards = Longobards = Langobarden (in German) Charlemagne fought several battles with the Lombards and with the Alemannians who had formed an alliance for some time. After defeating them alemannic and lombardian dukes were replaced by franconian dukes.

[@juke9674]

You beard is probably roughly the size of the Langobards beards! The reason they were called that was because romans in italy at this time rarely had any proper beards and so comparatively, the langobards had quite long ones

[@publicminx]

French has still 10-15% Germanic words - and the old Germanic Frankish dialect shaped the Vulgar Latin (and to some extend Celtic) based language of the population back then which is why French sound that different to other Romance languages. But also Spanish has (to a lower degree) still many Germanic words/names.

[@3Midlo]

Is, is that background music a Total War theme?

[@enjarichards8100]

Odd that you mentioned East Anglia but left out Essex, Wessex and Sussex. The Scottish term "sassenach" also derives from Saxon.

[@TheGireon]

The Frist i am thinking about wessex, essex etc., in england. as well as Swabia, Franconia and Bavaria in Germany

[@Langharig_Tuig]

Regarding the Saxons being "warriors with knives"; it's because they all carry a specific knife on the back of their belt. It's likely that these knifes themselves were called "Sax", and thus everyone wearing one of these knives would be a Saxon.

[@tilotequilo7455]

The German region of Franconia is also named after the Franks!

[@WeedmanSkirr]

Jutes (Jüten) Sound similar to the Word gut (good) in many regions you can say "Jut" instead of gut so the jutes may Just have been very nice (good) people.

[@allanlank]

Wessex, Essex, Normandy.

[@lukelee7967]

The type of weapon that the Franks were likely named after was actually a small axe.

[@carsten9511]

I find it a little weird. I am from Jutland but the name we use is Jylland. So would the local version of the jutes be jyder? (As we call ourself in the local language today) Or have we butchered our own "tribe name" I just wonder if the development of names comes from the english translation or the local spoken language. (Like Germany is Deutschland in their own language)

[@choryferguson2196]

While it may seem odd, the Italian region of South Tyrol is primarily German Speaking, and used to be part of Austria.

[@schoenwettersl]

Free State of Bavaria, after the bajuwari Administrative District of Swabia (in Bavaria), after the suabi (historically interchangable with the alemanni tribe and refers to the southwestern cultural area of Germany [Bavarian Swabia, most of Baden-Wuerttemberg], Alsace, Switzerland and the most western part of Austria) Free State of Thurinigia: after the thuringii Administrative Districts of (Upper, Lower, Middle) Franconia (in Bavaria): after the franks

[@fariesz6786]

bit disappointed that you didn't point out that Hesse (Chatti) and Bavaria (Bajuvarii) are also named directly after ancient tribes

[@elkingoh4543]

How did French languages combining Romano-Gallic and Germanic languages together?

[@Pippis78]

Does Normandy count? After the "North men" aka vikings/danes/norverians that settled there.

[@chrisk5651]

Essex, Sussex, and Middlesex are all derived from the Saxons - the sex part comes from the word for the Saxons and the Es is for East , the Sus is for South and obviously the Middle is for Middle!

[@chrisk5651]

I forgot Wessex!! Obviously (hopefully) the Wes is for West!

[@hermione3muller674]

Another suggestion: explain the names of the wrist bones.

[@TheLowstef]

The Lombards were Langobards. A lot more obvious where the name comes from The Vandals where also a Germanic tribe

[@publicminx]

'Angeln' still means in German 'fishing' (by a rod, in difference to the generic term 'fishing' which is in German: Fischen) ...

[@typograf62]

The Svebes may be the basis for both Schwaben and Sweden. Perhaps Svebes were two tribes with the same name? Himmerland, a part of Jutland, is often associated with the Cimbrii of old Roman terror. The Cimbrian peninsula is an old name for Jutland. The Teutones are remembered in Deutschland and Dutch. But the word means "people" so anyone could lay claim to that name.

[@KGTiberius]

📍 @0:14 missing Prussian (old, low, high) and East Germanic languages. 🔹 Old Prussian = West Baltic language 🔹 Low Prussian = Northern Low German (w/ Baltic linguistic legacy) 🔹 High Prussian = East Central (non-Franconian) German & High German 🔻 East Germanic languages and Baltic: Gothic, Vandalic, Burgundian - and western Baltic Prussian, and eastern Baltic Lithuanian, Latvian

[@KGTiberius]

Lost languages, nearly extinct languages… Prussian, Gothic, Frankish, Old Saxon, Burgundian, Vandalic… Prussian went extinct in the 1700s. Crimean Gothic went extinct in the 1800s. 📍 perhaps collaborate with @UsefuleCharts and other linguists 🔹 proto-Germanic, evolution of languages (Grimm's Law and Verner's Law), and common-ish words remaining today 🔻 remnant languages of Latgalian, Yiddish, Walser German, Silesian German, Cimbrian

[@felipemitchell3]

One is never too old to start a ´goth phase´.There are many who have stated one after a divorce or major adult life change. Some would say Queen Victoria started hers after the death of Prince Albert.

[@helenbaumander3953]

I love a good tangent, but i'm sure you know the Vandals weren't actually any more fierce than anyone else at the time, but did attack Rome in 455, which caused their reputation.

[@joachimvonritter6113]

You didn’t mention the Danes. Their homeland is probably not Denmark; rather the south of Sweden. However this land was indeed Denmark until 1676. I guess “Denmark” is the Old Swedish moniker for any settlement where a Danish-type of language is spoken.

[@Nightey]

There's also Silesia, coming from the Vandal tribe of the Silingi. And even though they aren't called after tribes there's a few more regions and cities named after German things. Like Alsace/Elsass (meaning inhabitants of the oder side (of the Rhine)), Fribourg in Switzerland (meaning free fortreess), Maribor in Slovenia (meaning borderland (or march) fortress) and the Czech town of Liberec (originally Reichenberg meaning rich mountain, probably from the minerals around there).

[@tessjuel]

Wales is also a Germanic word. It means "foreigner" and was used by the Anglo-Saxons for the land of those pesky celts who refused to be conquered and subdued.

[@Nightey]

@@tessjuel True that, like the Swiss canton Wallis or the Welsch people in northern Italy. Also "Windisch" (as well as Wenden or Winden) is from the same root and can be used in southern Austrian colloquial speech when someone speaks unintelligible, he's speaking Windisch. Also a mountain range between Austria and Slovenia is called "Windische Bühel".

[@secco1908]

Denmark: "Hvad tribe dø you descent frøm Tyskland"? Germany: "We are ALL THE TRIBES."

[@kyleward3914]

Hey, Jutes, don't let me down.

[@dougalsii]

Franconia ('Franken' in German) is a region in central Germany also named after the Franks.

[@unselliecontinents3338]

Do we have evidence that each Germanic tribe had its own distinct culture like maybe metalworking patterns or textiles that are unique to specific tribes?

[@fullmetaltheorist]

Why did all these Germanic peoples move so far from their homelands?