Where does “ні́мець” come from?

ні́мець (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic němьcь, from Proto-Slavic němъ — unclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...

ні́мець (Ukrainian): German (male person)

Definitions

  1. German (male person)

Ancestry of “ні́мець”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicněmьcьforeigner, non-Slav; specifically, a speaker of a...
2Proto-Slavicněmъunclear or incomprehensible speaker, muttering,...

Words derived from “ні́мець”

Every word from Proto-Slavic němъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic němьcь →