Editing Cimbrian language (section)

==History==
The earliest record of the movement of Bavarians to Verona dates to ca. 1050 ([[Bayerische Staatsbibliothek]] Cod. lat. 4547). The settlement continued during the 11th and 12th centuries.

A theory of [[Lombards|Lombardic]] origin of the ''Zimbern'' was proposed in 1948 by [[Bruno Schweizer]] and again in 1974 by  [[Alfonso Bellotto]].<ref>Bruno Schweizer: ''Die Herkunft der Zimbern''. In: ''Die Nachbarn. Jahrbuch für vergleichende Volkskunde 1'', 1948, ISSN 0547-096X, S. 111–129.;  Alfonso Bellotto: ''Il cimbro e la tradizione longobarda nel vicentino I.'' In: ''Vita di Giazza e di Roana 17-18'', (1974) S. 7–19; ''Il cimbro e la tradizione longobarda nel vicentino II.'' In: ''Vita di Giazza e di Roana 19-20'', (1974) S. 49–59.</ref>  The debate was again revived in 2004 by Cimbrian linguist Ermenegildo Bidese.<ref>Ermenegildo Bidese ''Die Zimbern und ihre Sprache: Geographische, historische und sprachwissenschaftlich relevante Aspekte''. In: Thomas Stolz  (ed.): ''Kolloquium über Alte Sprachen und Sprachstufen. Beiträge zum Bremer Kolloquium über „Alte Sprachen und Sprachstufen“. (= Diversitas Linguarum, Volume 8)''. Verlag Brockmeyer, Bochum 2004, {{ISBN|3-8196-0664-5}}, S. 3–42.[http://portale.unitn.it/ateneo/persone/ermenegildo.bidese Webseite von Ermenegildo Bidese] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618232131/http://portale.unitn.it/ateneo/persone/ermenegildo.bidese |date=2010-06-18 }}</ref>
The majority of linguists remain committed to the hypothesis of medieval (11th to 12th century) immigration.<ref>James R. Dow: ''Bruno Schweizer's commitment to the Langobardian thesis''. In: Thomas Stolz  (Hrsg): ''Kolloquium über Alte Sprachen und Sprachstufen. Beiträge zum Bremer Kolloquium über „Alte Sprachen und Sprachstufen“. (= Diversitas Linguarum, Volume 8)''. Verlag Brockmeyer, Bochum 2004, {{ISBN|3-8196-0664-5}}, S. 43–54.</ref>
 
The presence of Germanic-speaking communities in Italy was discovered in the 14th century by the [[Italian humanists]], who associated them with the [[Cimbri]] who arrived in the region in the 2nd century BC. This is the likely origin of the current endonym (''Zimbar''). Actually, though the ancient Cimbri are considered to have been a Germanic tribe, there is no reason to connect them linguistically or otherwise with the speakers of  Cimbrian.

An alternative hypothesis derives the name from a term for 'carpenter', cognate with English ''timber'' (lit. 'timberer').