Re: Breton, Cornish & French

In article <iaudnbtUiehJFCranZ2dnUVZ_o6knZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Larry Swain <giles@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

after John wrote:
> Just because of
> > you, I had to look up what the Cornish for "Englishman" was: "seys",
of 
> > course.
> 
> Goody for you.  Which shows simply that the initial contact was with 
> "Saxons" and so the Gaelic languages borrowed the name and then applied 
> to all Englishmen: Welsh Seisnig, Irish Sacsanach, COrnish sowsnek, etc.


Ever notice what the French call Germany?  Allemagne . The tribes 
nearest their territory were Allemanni.

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