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Why is the Old English Dutch used in the German word Deutchland?
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∙ 12y ago
Deutsch actually comes from the word Diutisc, an old German word used to describe the language of the common people. The Dutch people, who live in the Netherlands, are just a small part of the large groups of Germanic tribes who settled in Europe thousands of years ago.
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