Tacitus taler nenten jumenek ring kayun napike bangsa Jermanik utawi nenten, ngawedarang dane nenten mastikayang indik Bastarnae, sane kabaos sekadi Sarmatians nanging mawicara sekadi Germani, indik Osi miwah Cotini, indik Aesti sane sekadi Suebi nanging wicarannyane basa sane tios.
Tacitus was at times unsure whether a people were Germanic or not, expressing his uncertainty about the Bastarnae, who he says looked like Sarmatians but spoke like the Germani, about the Osi and the Cotini, and about the Aesti, who were like Suebi but spoke a different language.