What does Teutonic mean?

Answer 1

Teutonic or to be of Teutonic orgin, suggests that one is talking about a certain area of Europe, Northern Europe; and Scandinavia. The Vikings were Teutonic, the Northern Germans, Celts, Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, and Finns are all of Teutonic orgin. You may also hear the term Aryan race, which means the same thing. I'm one hundred percent of Teutonic orgin, being half Norwegian and then a quarter German, and a quarter Swedish. My sisters on the other hand, are half Japanese; so therefore not pure Teutonic.

The above response is mostly correct, except for the Celts, Finns, and literal Aryans. The Celts were the other major barbarian peoples of Europe that inhabited the British Isles, France (Gaul), the alps, Germany, Spain, and northern Italy. The Germans (Teutonic) originate in Scandinavia (including Denmark). In time they pushed the Celts out of modern-day Germany by roughly 1 A.D. The original Finns are part of the Ugrarian bloodline and not Germanic (though many Finns today have Germanic blood from Swedish migrations). The true Aryans were another Indo-European group (like the Germans). However, the Nazi meaning of Aryan is indeed referring to Germanic/Teutonic.

In a phrase: Teutonic = Germanic.