Hi, "Frits J. Wüthrich" wrote: > I wonder for a long time where this name 'Dutch' comes from, referring to > the people and language of the Netherlands. I could imagine for an English > speaking person German (Deutsch) and Dutch sound very similar, perhaps it > was just a mistake that started this? unfortunately it's never as simple as that :o( The 2 words have a common ancestry going back to Old High German which in turn goes back to a Gothic word 'thiuda' meaning 'nation' or 'people', and which also gave rise to English 'teutonic'. It's typical that the name people the world over gave themselves usually means 'people' or 'humans' or 'men' on the assumption that everybody in other groups is not human. -- Cheers, Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
