Submitted by bentobam t3_10ohrv7 in explainlikeimfive
BitScout t1_j6h4srw wrote
Reply to comment by cookerg in ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam
For Germany it's because of the different tribes. The Allemans next to France (Allemagne), the Saxons in the northeast (Saksa in Finnish), etc.
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