Message from @devolved
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but Deutsche
in german
we're speaking english
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
will catch up with you later
you are not wrong at all
SWISS ARE IN THREE GROUPS
GERMANIC, FRENCH AND ITALIAN
but are missing the point of germans being "mixed"
FRENCH WAS FRANKISH TRIBES PLUS NATIVES
on a national level
WHO WERE SOLUTREANS OR SOMETHING LIKE IT
REMEMBER ALL OF EUROPE IS FORMED FROM TWO POPULATIONS
A WANDERING PRE-HALSTATT TYPE
AND A NORTHERN MIDDLE EASTERN FARMING TYPE
THEN TO THAT ADD ASIATICS FOR SLAVS
ASSUMING YOU USE ONLY THE PEASANT CLASS
@diversity_is_racism what do you mean you grew up with russians
AND SEMITICS TO SOUTHERNS
WHO WERE MORE HIGHER CASTE THAN LOW
INTERESTING THING ABOUT WOPS
@devolved I GREW UP IN A PART OF TEXAS THAT WAS SETTLED EVENTUALLY BY RUSSIANS
ORIGINALLY GERMAN
weird