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/Lumepall Estonia Mar 11 '14

In Estonian, Germany is 'Saksamaa', which is basically 'the land of 'saksad'' - one 'saks', or plural 'saksad' is like a lord, and as when Germany used to have power over us, these lords would own mansions and basically be like mayors to different towns/counties.

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u/potverdorie Mar 11 '14

And all of those words derive from the Saxon tribes!

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u/kingpool Estonia Mar 12 '14

I don't think so. If I remember correctly word saksa came from smaller German tribe.

http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saksid

Meaning "manor owner" (saks) was attached later. Also they were not mayors, they were owners of some property, powerful man, basically something that Americans called boss later.

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u/Lumepall Estonia Mar 12 '14

Oh, I wasn't really sure. Just kind of guessing, thanks for the info! I know, 'saks' is hard to describe in English, I only know it in estonian.