What does teutonic mean?

Answer 1

It is just another word for "Germanic" and generally refers to people of Anglo-Saxon, Modern English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian and maybe French and Belgian heritage. Gothic is usually included in there too.

Ironically, the word is not Germanic at all but seems to come from an ancient Celtic (Gallic) word "teutos" meaning simply "The people." In the modern Welsh and Breton, the word for "people" is still relatively close: "tud." Old Irish had the word "tuath" which also meant "people." Most scholars agree that Anglo-Saxon theod and Old High German theudisk are loan words from Celtic.

The word "German" also may be of Celtic origin corresponding to Old Irish "gairm" meaning "shout" or "scream." The name may have originally meant something lie "The ones who shout" or "The ones who scream."

Lots of times, people acquire names given to them by their neighbors. For example, "Eskimo" is not what these people call themselves but what their Algonquin Indian neighbors called them meaning "Eaters of raw flesh." Likewise, the Navajo Indians call themselves "Dine" and it was the Zuni Indians who gave them the name "Navajo," their word for "enemies."

Answer 2

RE: What does Teutonic mean? For example, if someone says a name is Teutonic, what does it mean?

Answer 3

what didi means is the Teutoburger Wald

teutonic = relative to the Germans, to the german language
a teutonism = a word or expression coming from Germany German (and not Austrian or Swiss German)

Answer 4

Teutonic is the exact translation of the word "Deutsch" wich means "German" in German.

Answer 5

I think it might be related to Germanic mythical forests from Prussian and German literature of the Middle Ages. I am not sure though.

Answer 6

It means Germanic. Something that has to do with Germany, its culture, or its people.

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