Marequel t1_j6eqo6q wrote on January 29, 2023 at 8:52 PM Reply to ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam Well usually they just don't. Most common origin for country names is "we heard that our neighbour call it this way so we just accepted it" and "they wrote their name down but we are not sure how to pronounce it so we will just guess" Permalink 25
Marequel t1_j6eqo6q wrote
Reply to ELI5: How do they come up with names for countries in foreign languages? by bentobam
Well usually they just don't. Most common origin for country names is "we heard that our neighbour call it this way so we just accepted it" and "they wrote their name down but we are not sure how to pronounce it so we will just guess"