One imagines that the reason the term 'Ashkenazi' came to refer to the Jews ofGermany (the Franks, or the Frankfurters, or the Frankans) is tha t the son of Askenaz is named Francum. [etymology: Frank Pronunciation Key (frngk) n.A member of one Gomer Eldest son of Yepheth <snip>. Sometimes identified with Germany by rabb inic sources: modern scholarship usually identifies them with the Cimmer ians inHerodotus, whose precise identity remains a matter of dispute.
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