Gere, Gare, Jare 古意为标枪(现为Javelin),投掷标枪的人因此被称为German,这就是早期德国人的命名。考古学证据显示:在旧石器时代后期,标枪和投掷棍形物就已经在应用。在德国Schöningen市(下萨克森州一盛产褐煤的城市)的一个露天煤矿坑中还发现了7个约有40万年历史的木质标枪状的东西。There is archaeological evidence that javelins and throwing sticks were already in use during the last phase of the lower Paleolithic. Seven spear-like objects were found in a coal mine in the city of Schöningen, Germany。与此类似,中国的羌人,是游牧民族,‘羌’字就是羊和人的复合字(羌和姜同源)。羯族亦是一支游牧民族,据说在公元350年左右被冉闵灭族。