The story
- Proto-Indo-European*tewtéh₂
- Proto-Germanic*þeudō
- Proto-Germanic*þiudiskaz
- Proto-West Germanic*þiudisk
- Old Dutch*thiudisc
- Middle Dutchdietsch
- Middle Dutchduutsch
- DutchDuits
- Proto-West Germanic*þiudisk
- Old High Germandiutisk
- Middle High Germandiutsch
- Germandeutsch
- GermanDeutsch
- Japaneseドイツ (Doitsu)
- English todayDoitsu
From Japanese ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) with influence from the anime Hetalia: Axis Powers; ultimately from Dutch Duits. Doublet of Dutch and Deutsch.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.