The Old English term wyrd derives from a Common Germanic term *wurđíz.

Mannus is the Latinized form of the Germanic term as given by Tacitus.

The Indo-European etymology of the Germanic term is from a root *bha- meaning "to speak".

The Germanic terms (incl.

The Common Germanic term was borrowed into Finnish and Estonian at an early time, surviving in these languages as kuningas.

The armies of Poland, Lithuania and Russia adopted, but localised, the Germanic term for someone of similar rank.

This argument, which presented the imperial idea in Germanic terms which Charles could grasp, was again put forward by Alcuin's two delegates at the council.

Walhalla is a Germanic term referring to the 'hall' where warriors would go if selected to fight during Ragnarok.

All Germanic terms for the Sun stem from Proto-Germanic *sunnōn.

The Germania of Caesar and Tacitus was not defined along linguistic lines as is the case with the modern term "Germanic".