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TheChaemae were an ancientGermanic tribe cited byPtolemy in hisGeography (2.10) with the nameChaimai, which also can be written in EnglishKhaimai.
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All three designations probably stem from commonGermanic*haimaz, "home", fromProto-Indo-European*tkei-, "settle." Where the Cham-avi reflects theham- form (Englishham-let), the other two reflect the-heim form (as inBo-haem-ia). Themonophthongization was anIngvaeonic innovation. We are more familiar with-ham because a large part of the lowlanders moved toBritain.
The Chaemi may reflect a more ancient distribution of people calling themselves "settlers" or "natives." Why they would have done so remains obscure, but the name is of the same type ashed- (Englishheath), human and possibly but less certainlyman.
Ptolemy tells us next to nothing about them, only that they were next to theBructeri.[1] That little turns out to be a great deal. It is often suggested that the Chaemae and theBanochaemae are alternative names for theChamavi, based on a common derivation. We know, however, that the Chamavi and their neighbors forcibly expelled the Bructeri from their original lands, which became Hamaland after the Chamavi moved in.[citation needed]
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