 "h").Alternatively, Latin "c-" represents an attempt to render the unfamiliar Proto-Germanic "h" = (Latin "h" was but was becoming silent in common speech at the time), perhaps due to Celtic-speaking interpreters (a Celtic intermediary would also explain why Germanic "*Þeuðanōz" became Latin "Teutones").Because of the similarity of the names, the Cimbri have been at times associated with Cymry, the Welsh name for themselves.