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Sorry, Deutsch people (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 months ago by Servais@discuss.tchncs.de to c/yurop@lemm.ee

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[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm guessing saksa is more like the others and based on the Saxon people that once lived there rather than the modern region named for the same

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They‘re still living there.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i didn't mean to imply they weren't, just that the name was derived from the people not the region.

[–] clucose@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

And I made a silly joke. 🙂