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From: mazin@quartz.ciw.edu (Igor Mazin)
Subject: Re: Development of Slavic Languages?
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In article <19MAY199511471525@cc.weber.edu> helliott@cc.weber.edu writes:
>
>The explanation I was given several years ago
>is that "slav" means "speaker" or "one who can speak
>(our tongue)."   As opposed to Nimitz, which is either Polish
>or Russian (I believe) for a German, which means "mute"
>ie., "one who cannot speak (our tongue)."
>It would be nice if someone could corroborate this
>for me.
>

Maube someone knowledgable (not you, Mr. A.!) can corroborate for me,
additionally, whether or not the same logic may explain the word "Deutsch"
(one who speaks <deutlich>=clearly, understandably).
