Where does “germanie” come from?
germanie (Middle English) comes from Old French Germanie, from Latin Germānia, from Latin Germānī, from Latin Germānus, from Latin germen, from Proto-Italic genamen, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Ancestry of “germanie”, step by step