Where does “Nemțoi” come from?

Nemțoi (Romanian) comes from Romanian Neamțu, from Romanian neamț, from Old Church Slavonic нѣмьць, from Proto-Slavic němьcь, from Proto-Slavic němъ — unclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...

Ancestry of “Nemțoi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianNeamțu—
2Romanianneamța German
3Old Church Slavonicнѣмьць—
4Proto-Slavicněmьcьforeigner, non-Slav; specifically, a speaker of a...
5Proto-Slavicněmъunclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...
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