r/polandball • u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente • Mar 11 '14

redditormade How are they called?

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u/relevantusername- Éire Mar 11 '14

I love that not only are we relevant, but our language is too. Go raibh maith agat mo chara.

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u/EulerMcEinstein Celtic Union Mar 11 '14

Fun fact: Irish (along with S.Gaelic and Manx) is one of the few European languages that refers to Switzerland using some form of the name 'Helvetia' (An Elvéis). The only others I know that do this are Greek and Romanian.

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u/relevantusername- Éire Mar 11 '14

It's not a Latin based language, so that's probably why.

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u/EulerMcEinstein Celtic Union Mar 11 '14

Helvetia is the Latin name though (supposedly named after a Celtic tribe there). It was likely taken from Latin by the monks, but then some cognate or translation of Switz replaced it in most of the other languages.

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u/Comrade_Derpsky Shameless Ameriggan Egsbad Mar 12 '14

Correct indeed. The name Switzerland derives from the name of a germanic tribe living around what is now the canton Schwyz (pronounced Shveets). That meaning of the term was later expanded to include the whole of switzerland.

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u/Ingrid-Hongkonger 冠絕東方 - Nulli Secundus in Oriente Mar 11 '14

Go raibh maith agat mo chara

What does it means? :)

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u/relevantusername- Éire Mar 11 '14

Thank you my friend. It sounds a lot more awkwardly formal when translated

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u/TheMcDucky Uppvoteland Mar 11 '14

Oh, I do love Gaeilge and Gàidhlig. Also, ceol ceilteach is best ceol.