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herrbdog t1_j6gliwt wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:13 AM

Reply to comment by justlookingforajob1 in ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam

it's from the name of a local tribe near the rhine with whom the romans had contact: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Germany#:~:text=Etymology,in%20the%201st%20century%20B.C.E.