Editing Franconia (section)

== Etymology ==
{{main|Name of the Franks}}
{{further|Name of France}}
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The German name for Franconia, {{lang|de|Franken}}, comes from the [[dative]] plural form of {{lang|de|Franke}}, a member of the Germanic people known as the [[Franks]].<ref>Entry [http://woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB/?sigle=DWB&mode=Vernetzung&lemid=GF07940#XGF07940 ''Franken''] in the [[Deutsches Wörterbuch]].
Boris Paraschkewow: ''Wörter und Namen gleicher Herkunft und Struktur''. ''Lexikon etymologischer Dubletten im Deutschen.'' Berlin, 2004, p.&nbsp;107</ref> The [[name of the Franks]] in turn derives from a word meaning "daring, bold", cognate with old [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] {{lang|no|frakkr}}, "quick, bold".<ref>Ulrich Nonn: ''Die Franken.'' Stuttgart, 2010, pp.&nbsp;11–14&nbsp;ff.</ref> Franks from the [[Middle Rhine|Middle]] and [[Lower Rhine]] gradually gained control of (and so gave their name to) what is now Franconia during the 6th to 8th centuries.<ref>Friedrich Helmer: ''Bayern im Frankenreich (5.–10. Jahrhundert).'' In: ''Politische Geschichte Bayerns,'' herausgegeben vom Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte als Heft 9 der ''Hefte zur Bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur,'' pp.&nbsp;4–6, here: p.&nbsp;4</ref> English distinguishes between ''Franks'' (the early medieval Germanic people) and ''Franconians'' in reference to the high medieval [[Duchy of Franconia|stem duchy]], following [[Middle Latin]] use of {{lang|la|Francia}} for [[kingdom of France|France]] vs. {{lang|la|Franconia}} for the German duchy. In German the name {{lang|de|Franken}} is equally used for both, while the French are called {{lang|fr|Franzosen}}, after Old French {{lang|fro|[[:wikt:françois#Old French|françois]]}}, from Latin {{lang|la|franciscus}}, from [[Late Latin]] {{lang|la|Francus}}, from ''Frank'', the Germanic people.