Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Frankish vs Old Frankish/reply (2)

Frankish and Franconian are synonymous. So we have "Old Frankish" = "Old Franconian"; and (moden) "Frankish" = (modern) "Franconian". It's more a matter of preference: a native term vs a Latinised one. But what you say is rather true, usually they are used in that way, but not necessarily. "Old Frankish" fits more in line with other ancient languages like Old English, Old High German, Old French, etc.