[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Only a small part of all the european countries are Germanic. The Netherlands, Flanders, Germany, Austria, Scandinavia and England could be considered Germanic. France, Wallonia, Spain and Italy are Latin, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Brittany (and to some extent England too) are Celtic. Most countries in Eastern Europe are Slavic.
That said, of course it isn't as black and white as I describe it here. All of these cultures have been influenced by others, and also within these cultural groups there are a lot of differences.
Nope, the Germanic languages, including German and English, all descend from Proto-Germanic.

So your saying that the Franks were not a Germanic tribe? And that Clovis (a name that evolved into Louise) was not Germanic in origin? Anyway, it's very convoluted and arguments are difficult to support.

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