Editing Nervii (section)

== Name ==
They are mentioned as ''Nervii'' by [[Julius Caesar|Caesar]] (mid-1st c. BC) and [[Orosius]] (early fifth c. AD),<ref>[[Julius Caesar|Caesar]]. ''Commentarii de Bello Gallico'', 2:4; [[Orosius]]. ''Historiae Adversus Paganos'', 6:7:13.</ref> ''Neroúioi'' (Νερούιοι) by [[Strabo]] (early first c. AD),<ref>[[Strabo]]. ''Geōgraphiká'', 4:3:4.</ref> ''Nerui'' by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] (1st c. AD) and the ''[[Notitia Dignitatum]]'' (5th c. AD),<ref>[[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]]. ''Naturalis Historia'', 4:106; ''[[Notitia Dignitatum]]'', oc 5:25, 63:170, 7:121, 5:211, 7:75.</ref> ''Nervios'' by [[Tacitus]] (early second c. AD),<ref>[[Tacitus]]''. Historiae'', 66:79.</ref> and as ''Neroúsioi'' (Νερούσιοι) by [[Ptolemy]] (2nd c. AD).<ref>[[Ptolemy]]. ''Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis,'' 2:9:6.</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Falileyev|2010}}, s.v. ''Nervii''.</ref>

The [[ethnonym]] ''Nervii'' probably stems from the Western [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] root *''ner''-, meaning 'man' (cf. [[Middle Welsh]] ''ner'' 'lord, chief'). It appears to be [[cognate]] with the Latin [[cognomen]] ''[[Nerva (disambiguation)|Nerva]]''.{{Sfn|Busse|2006|p=200}}