Message from @devolved
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Slavic origin
what about wends
sorbs
poles in germany
do you know how deep in german territory cape of Arkona was
even the word "Germany" is merly an english term
what about alpine, nordic germans
The German word "Deutsche"
is entirely different connotation
How old is "Deutsche" identity ?
or French ?
"POLES HAVE MIXED GENETICS" so do Germans, therefore
Point is, Polish identity is older than "Deutsche" identity
how can that be
germans were in germany at the times of greeks and roman and probably long before
duh
slavs are a recent incursion
Germans do not call them self Germans
but Deutsche
in german
as ar as "germanic' is concerned, Belgians are also Germanic, and so are French
and Swiss
ancient Germans (Teutons, Marcomanii, Tigurini, Nervi, Belgae)
are not *directly* related to contemporary Germans
and even less they have connection to contemporary German (Deutch) identity
even though of course, they are racially close since they were Indo-Europeans who lived in Western Europe prior to another invasion of Indo-Europeans (Goths, Slavs, etc....)
goths were germans
the true heirs of poland
anyway you think modern germans are not direct descendants of ancient germans, don't see any evidence for that
some other tribes have been assimilated
into germanity
The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ("the German lands") is derived from deutsch (cf. dutch), *descended from Old High German diutisc "popular" (i.e. belonging to the diot or diota "people"), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants*
so much about it
The Germans themselves I should regard as aboriginal, and not mixed at all with other races through immigration or intercourse.
Tacitus
good now add everything that happened after Tacitus
they spread, and some other tribes may have been assimilated
it doesn't follow that modern germans aren't their direct descendants
will catch up with you later
you are not wrong at all