(A) NAMES OF TRIBES, FAMILIES, INDIVIDUALS, AND GODS.
(a) Tribes.
(1) German.—This name was not applied to the people of Germany by themselves, but they received it from the Celts on account of their terrible war cry. The root of the word is the Celtic verb Gairmean, “to cry out.”
(2) Dutch (Deutsch).—This term, which is now applied to the people of Holland, is literally an adjective signifying “popular” (Diut-isc). It was originally applied to the language of the Teutonic people in order to distinguish it from the Latin. The word Teutones, the Latin form of the native word Theotisci, Teutisci, &c., is derived from the Gothic root Diut, a “people or nation.” It occurs in the modern name Teut-o-berger.
The following tribes have left their names as an element of local nomenclature:—
(3) Angrivari, in Angern, Engern, Anger-munde.
(4) Angles, in Angles-ey, Eng-land, Angeln, Hunger-ford (Angles-ford).
(5) Aravisci in the river Raab, anciently Arabo.
(6) Burgundians, in Burgundy.
(7) Cherusci (Crherstini) in the Hartz mountains, Hartz-burg, and Herz-burg. The root seems to be the Gothic Har, Haruc, “a temple.” In the poem of Beo-Wulf it occurs as the name of the great palatial hall of Hrothgar.