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Where does “ジャーマニー” come from?

ジャーマニー (Japanese) comes from English Germany, from Middle English germanie, from Old French Germanie, from Latin Germānia, from Latin Germānī, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Ancestry of “ジャーマニー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGermany—
2Middle Englishgermanie—
3Old FrenchGermanie—
4LatinGermānia—
5LatinGermānī—
6LatinGermānus—
7Latingermenshoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,...
8Proto-Italicgenamen—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁mn̥offspring, seed
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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