Where does “nemțime” come from?

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

nemțime (Romanian): collective noun for Germans

Definitions

  1. collective noun for Germans

Ancestry of “nemțime”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianneamța German
2Old Church Slavonicнѣмьць—
3Proto-Slavicněmьcьforeigner, non-Slav; specifically, a speaker of a...
4Proto-Slavicněmъunclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic němъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic němьcь →Every word from Old Church Slavonic нѣмьць →